Tsingtao (Qingdao) Shantung Province, China. Camera pans over a hilltop with foliage and several buildings, near the U.S. Navy Air Base at Tsingtao (Qingdao) Shantung Province, China. It focuses on several sailors standing near a completely destroyed Navy R5D (Douglas DC-4) aircraft. The outer wings are missing and its four engines have been removed. While panning the wreckage, the camera picks up part of a tail number reading:" 80395." To the right, another aircraft fuselage is seen. Strips of aluminum are missing from it. It also appears to be a Navy R5D. A view of the cockpit shows the two control yokes missing from their pedestals. (Apparently salvageable parts have been removed from these crashed aircraft by Navy personnel.)
A trainer at a U.S. Army base camp giving instructions to trainee soldiers about operation and loading of an automatic rifle, during World War I. Trainees learning lessons to operate an anti-sub gun. Its bullets can also be seen.
First day of duty for group of United States Air Force personnel in South Vietnam. Personnel descend from a Trans International DC-8 airplane at the Tan Son Nhut air force base. Personnel standing in a line at a cashier's window at the airport terminal. Personnel receive currency by presenting Military Payment Certificates. A bus of the United States Air Force carries the newly arrived personnel from the airport. (Vietnam War period).
First day of duty of the United States Air Force personnel in Vietnam. A briefing session to the Air Force officials at the Central Base Personnel Processing Office (CBPPO) in South Vietnam. An official addresses by a suspended microphone set. Personnel move to their barracks. A2C Gerald A. Fielder removes his clothes. (Vietnam War period).
A GB-4 missile and an Azon Bomb kept at a USAF base. Airmen attach the Azon Bomb to a GB-4 missile. Various components of the GB-4 missile are assembled step by step. Airmen attach radio control, tail section, radar and stabilizer, electrical unit, camera system, generator. Airmen put the warhead, fins and radar antenna to complete the assembly. (World War II period).
A GB-4 radio controlled glide bomb at a United States Air Force base. Airmen assemble various components to the missile. Tail section and wings are placed on the warhead and then fixed with the missile. The radio station and smoke flares are fixed with it. The control station of the bomb. Airmen checking the movement of the tail. (World War II period).
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