Different types of military and civil aircraft of the U.S. at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A Pan American World Airways 707 (cargo version) aircraft taxis followed by U.S. Army C-7A Caribou aircraft . Traffic lights at the intersection of a road and a runway. C-7A aircraft, Beaver U-6A utility transport aircraft , United States Air Force AC-47 Spooky and USAF RF-101C Voodoo aircraft wait for takeoff. C-46 Commando, U-6A aircraft , USAF PC-6A Turbo Porter, C-7A, Pan American 707 (cargo version) and C-123K Provider aircraft taxi past the traffic light at the road and runway intersection. A C-130B Hercules transport aircraft axis followed by a A-1H Skyraider.
Functions of an aerial camera and its units are demonstrated in the United States. CAS-2A aerial camera for trick photography. A reel from which two images can be taken is unrolled. A reel which is used for obtaining 3D images by a stereo viewer is unrolled. A U.S. Navy demonstrator opens the slit of the camera and adjusts light intensity and film speed. He shows two lenses. Lenses can be rotated to several degrees. Manual settings are done prior to photography. Other units of installation include: power unit, scanner, scanner converter and control system of camera. Control panel: the power switch is turned on. Green light on special panel indicates that camera is operated correctly. Various buttons of panel including film failure, inadequate light intensity and exposure remaining. The scanner and computer dial of the control panel is adjusted. Dials for ground speed and altitude of flight are adjusted. Focal length and depression angle are adjusted on the power unit. Photo recorder unit incorporates a motion picture camera. Photo recorder panel is shown. Assembly and loading of the camera: Slit assembly is installed in the camera. 3 slit assembly include left oblique photography, right oblique photography and slit assembly for vertical photography. Electric connections are made. Assembly pushed in to the camera. Lens unit is mounted on the camera. One assembly is cleaned. Two cassettes are take up and supply cassettes. Loading of the supply cassette: A cover is removed, light lock is opened and a pivot is withdrawn. The film is pushed through the light lock. The cover is replaced and a latch is locked. The supply cassette is mounted on the camera. Take up cassette is mounted on the camera. Both cassettes are locked. Camera loading is complete.
A statement about atomic power and harnessing its use for good, and not for destruction, is read at Dr. Einstein's residence in Princeton, New Jersey. Interior of Albert Einstein's home. Harold C. Urey, Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard sitting at a table. Urey reading a written statement which is subscribed to by other scientists outlining their responsibility in harnessing the atom for peaceful uses. Albert Einstein states that he agrees with the statement.
U.S. Army Overseas Motion Picture Exchange in New York, United States during World War II. U.S. soldiers take films from a rack and put them into a fiber case. Soldiers at a shipping table putting fiber film cases into a carton for overseas shipping. A sign on a door: "War Department, Army Service Forces, Special Service Division, New York Branch, Overseas Motion Picture Service". The door is opened and a soldier leaves with a film case. Another soldier leaves the office.
A football match between U.S. Army team and the Columbia Lions team at West Point in New York. A large crowd of spectators gathered to watch the football match between U.S. Army team and the Columbia Lions team. The match begins. The spectators cheer the teams. The army team wins the match against the Columbia Lions team by a score of 48-14.
U.S. aircraft in flight over an Airfield in Hawaii PBY-6A Catalina parked in the grass. Mountains in the background. U.S. Fighter aircraft making touch and go landings. B-17 bomber parked on ramp. Heavy storm clouds form by mountain in background.
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