"Iwo Base Against Japan" showsU.S. Army trucks, vehicles and other supplies being unloaded from an American ship in Iwo Jima island during World War 2. Construction work being carried on to build an advanced base on the island. Vehicles getting stuck in volcanic ash beach areas and being pulled out by bulldozers. Construction of Motoyama airfield number 2. U.S. P-51 Mustangs taking off for escort of American B-29 bomber aircraft in bombing raid over Tokyo, Japan. United States P-51 aircraft shoots down enemy Japanese planes and escorts B-29 to raid Tokyo Japan. 200 pound general purpose bombs are dropped over Tokyo causing fire and smoke. Damaged B-29 Superfortress aircraft return to American air base at Iwo Jima. Flack damage and engine damage shown on several B-29 aircraft after landing at Iwo Jima. Aircraft are repaired.
Views of lighted sign of “ANDREWS Air Force Base OPERATIONS Elev 279”. Crowd of journalists and media gathered at Andrews Air Force Base (11 FSS/FSFR 1191 Menoher Drive JB Andrews, MD, United States 20762) for the arrival of remains of United States President John F. Kennedy following his assassination. Cameramen, newsmen and NBC TV personnel covering the event at Andrews Air Force Base. Media personnel communicating with field telephones. A reporter reads from a paper. Honor Guard in front of the terminal. Some aircraft in background. Cameramen on top of mobile stairs. Newsmen working with microphones. Distant view of Andrews AFB Operations building.
Aerial views from an airplane flying near rugged mountains in Cuba. The mountains extend right to the ocean in places. Cuban Army personnel step from a Cuban Army Air Force de Havilland Beaver airplane at a makeshift airport and are met by soldiers stationed there. A Cuban Army officer, who arrived on the plane, is escorted around the base. He is shown a makeshift hut in a log enclosure. Local soldiers point out some bullet damage on another building. Cuban Army officers huddle over another officer who points out important places on a map. Two Cuban Army officers discuss something in a newspaper. One of the visiting officers receives a call outdoors on a radio telephone. A group of Cuban Army soldiers pose for the camera. A Mountain and small buildings on the base in the background. Final views are from the airplane airborne departing the base, which can be seen on the ground below.
U.S. Military establishes military bases at Adak Island Aleutian Islands. Footage of U.S. Army forces landing n Adak Islands in 1942 for defensive actions against Japanese Forces occupying nearby islands. Director of MWR at NSGA (Naval Security of Group Activity) Bob Winckler talks about military bases at Adak Islands. Wartime relics and weathered fortifications from World War 2 are shown. U.S. war planes and submarine nets seen. Artillery seen. A board reads 'This submarine net is listed on the National Historic Register, please do not disturb'. PT torpedo boats and PBY planes Bases on Adak. PBY Catalina planes seen. Civilians seen.
United States aircraft at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan during the Vietnam War. United States KC-135 A aircraft being refueled at the air base. An airman climbs up a ladder and gets into a plane. KC-135 A aircraft lined up on the flight line with vehicles moving about the air base in the foreground. A sign reads ' Warning Restricted Area '. A KC-135 A aircraft taxis. Another aircraft in the foreground.
United States B-57B aircraft take off from Tan Son Nhut air base during Vietnam War. Smoke rises from the jet engine of United States B-57B aircraft as it starts up at Tan Son Nhut air base. Aircraft taxis down the runway. Pilot and copilot climb into the cockpit of the aircraft. Pilot straps himself in the seat. Aircraft taxis along the runway and takes off. A number of B-57B aircraft take off from the air base.
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