Flight operations aboard USS Valley Forge (CV-45) in Pacific Ocean during the Korean War. U.S. Navy Chance Vought F4Us Corsair fighter aircraft arrives and lands on the deck. U.S. Navy Douglas AD Skyraiders land on the deck.
Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi aboard USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) tied up at a pier in San Diego, California. View of saluting battery firing 7 rounds before scene shifts to the Shah and United States Navy and Iranian officers walking along the flight deck past U.S. Navy Douglas AD Skyraider aircraft. Shah and entourage walk along flight deck. U.S. Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter aircraft seen on deck. Several U.S. warships are seen in San Diego harbor in the background. Shah's flag flies from mainmast of the Valley Forge.
U.S. Air Force (Strategic Air Command) B-52 bombers land back in the U.S. after 6 months deployment in Southeast Asia, during the Vietnam War. United States 306th Bomb Wing planes and crews return back to McCoy Air Force Base in Florida, and those of the 91st Bomb Wing return to Glasgow Air Force Base, in Montana. Both units had been operating out of Andersen Air Force Base, in Guam. The commander of 306th, Colonel Earl L. Johnson steps from the last B-52 to return to McCoy AFB. He meets his daughter and wife. Men take pictures in the background. Officers stand in the a group. He shakes hand with local officials. Crewmen with their luggage. A KC-135 Stratotanker taxis as it brings home ground crews and other support personnel. Relatives of the crewmen wait to meet them. They step from the plane. A banner reads '306th Bomb Wing Reception Center Happy Day'. The airmen enter a hangar and go through customs. The airmen meet their relatives. The scene changes from Florida, to Montana, where the final U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress of 91st Bomb wing arrives at Glasgow Air Force Base. "McNamara's Band," playing kazoos, pot, and other contrived instruments, greets the arrivals. Colonel George Phieffer Jr., Commander of 91st bomb Wing greets his wife and others. Ground crews and other support personnel also meet their families.
British Fighter Tactics against B-29 aircraft (of potential belligerent nations), using the U.S. Army air Forces B-29 Superfortress in England as a model. A British instructor addresses the group on attacking B-29 bombing formations. British Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots listen to a lecture. Instructor holds models of British Mentor Jet fighter in positions above a model of B-29. He shows a further attack against the B-29 through models. The instructor instructs the pilots about the attack methods used by the British Vampire and Meteor fighter against B-29s. (World War II period).
U.S. Navy Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea. A starboard beam view of a Merchant Tanker from the beam of USS Independence (CVA-62). An unidentified Merchant Tanker class ship underway at sea.Crew members on flight deck. The barrier is up in foreground.The barrier being stretched across the flight deck. U.S. Army General Lyman L. Lemnitzer (Supreme Allied Commander of NATO) in the foreground in his Army dress uniform. U.S. Navy Vice Admiral William I. Martin alongside of General Lemnitzer on the flight deck. Other officers, guests and UN Foreign Officers in the background. View of Vice Admiral with General and the rest of officers. Officers in the yellow shirt with a bull horn brief the general and rest of the group. Red lights flashing on the Fresnel Landing system at the edge of the flight deck. Red lights go off and green lights come on. Meat ball in the center of the system. A yellow shirt on the deck, the Fresnel Landing system in the background and the green lights on with the meat ball.
A film titled ' Soviet Siberia and Central Asia Americas new gateway to Asia' depicts U.S. Vice President Henry A. Wallace journey to China through Soviet union. Animated map of the world. A portion of the globe. A U.S. Army Air Forces C-54 Skymaster takes off from Bering Strait and lands in Yakutsk. U.S. Vice President being greeted by Soviet leaders and chairman of council of the people's commissars of the Yakutsk Republic. The Vice President with other leaders look at the original wooden tower left in the city. They stand in front of a library. Civilians in the background. The children meet Vice President Wallace. He visits an agricultural station and talks to the people who carry agriculture in the north.
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