Development progress report of U.S. Air Force F-105 Thunderchief fighter bomber. A modified RF-84F Thunderflash being used in flight testing the F-105 fire control system. The modified RF-84F with a pointed random nose. The aircraft taxis out on flight line past U.S. Air Force B-29 Superfortress, F-84 Thunderjet and C-47 Skytrain at Eglin Air Force Base. RF-84F takes off from one of the air strips at Eglin Air Force Base. YF-105A performs a wing over and drops away. The data reduction equipment being utilized in the armament system testing at Eglin AFB. A General Electric digital computer in operation. Two technicians test a laboratory model of the AFW-10 automatic flight control system. A civilian points out the AFW-10 automatic flight control system installed in the modified RF-84F. An F-84F in flight. The aircraft does a wingover and drops several hundred feet, then starts a level climb. An Air Force pilot climbs into a cockpit of F-105B. F-105B taxis on the ramp at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Republic personnel grouped around a combination radio telemetry truck and look up in the sky. F-105B takes off and climbs rapidly. F-105B in flight high above a cloud layer. A fuselage of F-105B. F-105B lands on a dry lake bed at Edwards AFB and drag parachute deployed.
Activities of the U.S. 3rd Marine Division Corps at the Rockpile in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. Major General R. G. Davis walks with a marine and speaks to him during a tour of the area. The marine without a shirt. Other marine officers and one without shirt follow. Marines near an M-109 and 155mm Self Propelled(S.P.) Howitzer (HOW) in the background. Marine officer without shirt speaks to Major General Davis. Other two officers one without shirt stand in the foreground. A marine photographs with still camera as he walks in the foreground. Two marines with camouflage utility trousers both without covers. One without shirt stands and uses rags to clean turret section of a Self Propelled 155mm howitzer (HOW). Letter on barrel of the HOW reads 'LOSER'. General Davis looks into bunkers and marines some without shirt stand and look on. General speaks with marines in front of a sandbag bunker. One marine stoops near doorway. The General walks and being accompanied by the marine without shirt. Another marine stands and walks in the area. General Davis speaks with marines near and atop a 155mm HOW. Mountains in the background. The General stands near turret of a 155 HOW while speaking to marines standing g in the foreground. Sandbags in the background. General Davis walk past psn made of the empty ammo carets. Marines stand near 155 HOW in the background. The General then stops and looks towards the barrel of 155 HOW as it turns. A marine working atop 155 S.P. HOW near psn made from sandbags and empty ammo carets. Mountains in the background.
During D-Day Invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. U.S. troops land on a beach. They carry a wounded on a litter. The soldiers of 3rd Battalion land on a very small parallel beach. They are trapped against a chalk embankment on which were Nazi German machines and guns. The soldiers dig foxholes on the open beach. The soldiers are seated in a group on the beach. Landing crafts near the shore. U.S. soldiers in a landing craft. A group of soldiers advance across the beachhead. Two of them are hit by enemy fire and fall. A U.S. medic gives first aid to the wounded.
U.S. troops at Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka, Japan after World War II. A Landing Ship Medium (LSM) at Yokosuka Naval Base. Some sweepers are seated and a few are standing. They all watch the LSM. A number on the ship reads '210'. U.S. troops at the base. The bow doors of the LSM are open. Trucks roll down a ramp. A jeep moves at the base. U.S. trucks leave the base. Trucks roll down the ramp into shallow water and on a concrete strip. A truck parked at the base and Japanese civilians standing behind the truck watch the activities that are taking place at the base.
U.S. troops wait for transportation at 90th Replacement Battalion in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. recruit Richard Gillispie sits on the steps of barracks and talks with a soldier. They hold caps in their hands. Soldiers carry barracks bags and put in bedding. Gillispie and other soldiers carry barracks bags to formation. The soldiers wait for transportation to 199th Infantry Brigade base camp. Gillispie seated on a barracks bag. Some soldiers sit on barracks bags and a few stand. A U.S. recruit carries barracks bag to a truck. A sign reads 'Report Here'. Gillispie and other soldiers board the truck. An ambulance in the background. A close up of Gillispie. The truck driven away. Insignia of the United States on the truck.
U.S. soldiers seated in a terminal area at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A TWA (Trans World Airlines) jet taxis to an unloading area at Bien Hoa Air Base. A soldier at the airfield with barracks bags kept near him. The TWA jet is stationary. Ground crewmen push aviation passenger stairs. A sign on the stairs reads 'Welcome Det 5 8 Aerial Port, Bien Hao Air Base, Republic of Vietnam'. A soldier at the air base with 'Concor' written on his helmet. U.S. airmen and soldiers get off from the aircraft. They assemble and sit in the terminal area. A close up of U.S. recruit Richard Gillispie with another soldier seated in chairs. Gillispie smiles.
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