U.S. Marine Corp UH 34D helicopter taking off from deck of USS Spiegel Grove (LSD 32) while underway in the Atlantic Ocean supporting the NASA Mercury-Atlas 7 space mission. Blades of UH 34D rotate. Deck crew removes auxiliary power unit. As helicopter starts to rise, Signal Officer uses paddles to direct pilot to starboard upon departure. The helicopter takes off and complies.
Deck crew of USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32) move a U.S. Marine Corps UH 34D helicopter to takeoff position on the deck. They plug in auxiliary power and unfold helicopter tail and main rotor blades. Engine starts and rotors turn. Signal Officer uses paddles to direct chock removal and the helicopter takes off. These operation are in support of NASA Mercury-Atlas 7 space mission.
U.S. 5th Army vehicles cross two small bridges across the Volturno River, near Mignano, Italy, during World War 2. An MP (Military Policeman) monitors and directs traffic from side of the muddy road. Army engineers repair another bridge and use compressed air gun to drive fasteners. Closeup of the new bridge boards and construction work. Jeeps, trucks, personnel carriers, and other vehicles are all on the move. A destroyed civilian vehicle is seen at side of road.
Cooks pull bun tray out from oven at Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam. Cook puts food in oven. Food in mess gear. U.S. Air Force personnel sign at entrance of mess. They take food in mess trays. Mess tray of food. Cooks of U.S. Air Force serve food. (Vietnam War period).
Barrack bags of U.S. officers unloaded from B-17 at Atsugi Airdrome in Japan, soon after the end of World War 2. B-17 parked on runway. U.S. officers talk to Japanese officers alongside the B-17. Enlisted men load barracks bags on jeep. Jeep pulls out. Two Japanese soldiers go on bicycle. Steel structure of hangar in the background.
Japanese civilians and military watch American soldier using bulldozer to clear debris and begin reconstruction during American military occupation of Japan. Japanese soldiers and laborers working to clear the detritus of war and rebuild. Japanese businessman discussing reconstruction with an American military officer in his office. Signs in office reading: "Bid Room, P&C Div, Mr. P.E. Pagliocca." Japanese businessmen obtaining U.S. requests for bids on reconstruction projects. Bessemer Converter is charged and fired in Japanese steel plant. Hot steel Ingot is rolled out on cart. Hot ribbon of steel in placed into wire extrusion machine.
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