U.S. Naval ships at sea. Sailors look at a map. U.S. troops walk out of plane. M-42,self propelled, twin-40mm gun, on field. Jets on airfield. U.S. military on alert during the Cuban Crisis.1962.
Industrial Geography of the United States regarding mining of Anthracite Coal. Film depicts usage, importance and types of coal. Features of hard coal. Value of, and places where hard coal is found in United States. Geographical map of United States, pointer shows the places where coal is found. The process of mining for coal. Diagram of cross section of earth showing shaft, rooms built at mine stations, and first coal vein 50 feet under ground.
Launch of Wright plane in North Carolina on 17 December 1903 and in Virginia on 09 September 1908, United States. Wibur Wright places wheels beneath wing on Kill devil hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States. Wright plane takes its first flight after launch. Flight of plane in France. Two men pull props through on the Wright aircraft. Frenchmen stand and watch Wilbur Wright who makes adjustment on aircraft engine. Launching tower at right. Wright plane launches by catapult in France. Civilians and officers attend the air show. Wright plane passes overhead. Flight of Wright plane in United States. Orville Wright and Lieutenant Lahm sits on control section of the plane. Wright plane launches by catapult launch track at Fort Myers in Virginia on 09 September 1908. Plane in flight at Fort Myers. Spectators watch the plane. Army personnel move the Wright plane across open terrain they remove hangar doors from storage building. Army personnel grouped around the Wright aircraft. President Taft stand along the spectators. President Taft walk through spectators.
Christmas time in United States. People walk on road, decorated shops in the United States. Crowd on road. A man stands with children in front of a shop's window and watches. A wreath hung on wall. Shops decorated with lights and flowers. People watch special Christmas decorations and presentations. Christmas tree made up of lights. Wreaths and holy statues decorated at shops. Christmas trees in front of Wall of Shame. Shops in Germany. U.S. workers prepare toys for German orphans. Mask of Santa Claus on wall. Children watch toys and teddy bears.
Training film about handling of jet aircraft aboard U.S. aircraft carriers. Introductory scenes show a U.S. Navy F9F-2 jet, of Squadron VF-51, landing on the aircraft carrier, USS Essex (CV-9). Scene shifts to U.S. Marine Corps McDonnell F2H Banshee jets, with tail codes LC, and folded wings, on carrier deck. A flight of four F9F panther jets flies past a carrier. They peel off to land. (They have no tip tanks.) Jet aircraft being moved about on carrier deck. Scene shifts to Vought F4U Corsair aircrafton a carrier. Then a Douglas A-1 Skyraider, tail code M, takes off. Carrier flight deck diagram is shown with typical layouts for positioning jet and conventional aircraft. Jets are then shown being catapulted in pairs. A diagram compares Jet and conventional landing patterns. A skyraider aircraft takes a wave-off without delay. An F9F lands forced to commit earlier than the conventional aircraft. A series of jet landings are shown. An F2H Banshee jet receives a wave-off and must go around. It runs out of fuel and crashes into water, just short of the carrier. Next, helicopter with rescued pilot seen on deck. More views of jets being moved toward elevator on carrier. An F2H coming up on elevator. Blue shirt plane handlers moving, securing, and guiding a taxiing jet. A yellow shirt signalling to catapult a jet. Jets landing closer to one another. Purple shirts refueling a jet on carrier deck.
Television discussion about United States- Latin American relations in United States. Frank Carlucci, Assistant to President for National Security Affairs discusses United States reaction to elections in Mexico. News reader Maria C Siccardi presents the news on WorldNet. The discussion is made via satellite in which questions are asked by the people and Frank Carlucci gives the answers.
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