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Mushroom cloud rising in air after explosion on Able Day during Operation Crossroads
'A' bomb explosion on Able Day during Operation Crossroads in Bikini Atoll. Night view of the explosion and smoke. A mushroom cloud of white smoke and dust moves upwards during the day. U.S. Navy personnel watch the explosion.
United States Navy escort carrier USS Guadalcanal in heavy seas.
Bow of U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) is seen in rough seas. Turbulent sea waves run high and spray the flight deck. Aft flight deck is seen. Planes are securely tied down and covered, on the flight deck. Water splashes across them. Huge waves wet the ship.
Carrier flight deck operations aboard the USS Guadalcanal during World War II
Slow motion pictures of U.S. Navy aircraft operating on the USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) in World War 2. Brief view of an FM-2 making normal landing. Closeup glimpse of TBM passing camera, after landing and view of another one in normal landing. Then a TBM bounces on touchdown, misses early restraining cable, but stops safely. Momentary views of several more by TBMs and one FM-2. touchdowns. A Grumman TBM-3U, utility aircraft, touches down at edge of flight deck and instantly veers to the left, as if its left main gear collapsed. It continues turning, noses over, tail high, and falls off the port side of the carrier deck. Sailors rushing to the accident site, and standing at the aft railing as the Guadalcanal begins a sharp turn to port.
USS Aircraft Carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt(CV-42) sailing off to Mediterranean
A documentary titled 'flight deck'. U.S. Navy Jet planes seen landing on flight deck of USS Navy aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt(CV-42). Pilots in helmets seen at the busy time of departure. Commander Johnson and Commander Camaroff, Operation Officers discuss final details. Several jets seen in rows on flight deck of USS Franklin D. Roosevelt(CV-42). High speed landing of a jet seen on the narrow deck strip. Sailors seen preparing for next day's departure. Women seen in the rainy day carrying umbrellas to bid farewell. Sailors travelling take leave of their families as they cry and hug family members. Band plays while departure of ship. People wave to wish goodbye.
Navy deck crews display teamwork as they catapult 24 aircraft in 12 minutes from deck of the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) in the Mediterranean Sea in 1964
Scene opens aboard the U.S. Aircraft Carrier, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) as crews position several Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircrafton steam catapults under the direction of a yellow shirt aircraft handling officer. Next, the aircraft are seen being launched. Camera follows one leaving the flight deck and proceeding over the water. Closeup of deck crew working down under an aircraft as it moves into position for launch. View from above the flight deck shows two A-4 aircraft on catapults. Tail code AB on the closest one identifies it as belonging to Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1). Scene shifts to a catapult crew preparing an Vought F-8E Crusader aircraft for catapulting. Three crew work at the front and two at the back of the aircraft. They fasten the bridle cable. View of the aircraft being catapulted. Narrator identifies Kenneth Wilson, launch crew hold back man who is fastening the tension bar to the tail of the plane while men at the front are hooking up to the catapult shuttle. Closeup of the tension bar holding the aircraft back, while engines are set at full power. View of catapult control panel, as it is fired and the holdback bar releases. Next an F-8 of Squadron VF-11 taxis into position, and is likewise prepared for catapulting. An F-8E viewed from the front as it launches. Cables sliding back across the deck after launch where green shirts viewed through steam rising from catapults attend to them. View from cockpit of an aircraft taxiing onto the catapult. An F-8E taxied into position and readied to launch. View of pilot in cockpit. deck crew members signaling. Aircraft is launched. An E-1B propeller-driven early warning aircraft of Squadron VAW-12 taxis onto a catapult. Views of the green shirts setting its cables for catapulting. Remainder of film is a montage of catapulting from viewpoint of green shirts setting cables and aircraft launching. At end, the launches are completed (24 planes in 12 minutes) and the deck crews get a well-earned respite.
USS Harnett with its helicopter and Riverine patrol boats operating in South Vietnam delta region during the Vietnam War
The USS Harnett County (LST-821) in South China Sea, near the coast of Vietnam. Several U.S. Navy Riverine boats cluster around her. Closeups of Riverine boat crewmen. A Patrol Boat Riverine (PBR) headed out on patrol. Navy Seawolf UH-1B gunship of Light Helicopter Attack Squadron 3 (HAL-3) passes close by the camera. Aerial view of the Mekong delta region of South Vietnam showing rivers, streams, canals, and Mangrove forests and cultivated fields. View from cockpit of helicopter approaching the USS Harnett County and sound of the pilot requesting a "green deck" to land. Green flag flying over the landing zone on the ship. The chopper lands and deck crew secures it and beginning servicing it. View of the ship anchored 2 miles from the mouth of the Cochin River. Riverine patrol boat returning to the ship. A ship's officer (Lieutenant) on the bridge, speaking with sailors. They observe the shore with visual aids. Glimpse of a wooden Vietnamese fishing boat. Closeup of main rotor blades turning on a Navy U1B gunship. Crew boarding and the helicopter cleared for takeoff. It flies low over the river as it departs on daily patrol. . View from helicopter as it flies over the delta.
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