U.S. amphibious landings on Red Beach 2 in Okinawa during World War 2. U.S. Navy Destroyer USS Metcalf (DD-595) fires guns toward shore. Behind her is the Cruiser, USS Baltimore (CA-68) also firing her guns. Closeup of the USS Metcalf as first waves of Company "A", 4th U.S. Marine Regiment, in amphibious landing craft head toward Red Beach 2. They pass in front of the USS Metcalf and USS Baltimore, as both ships continue firing at the shore. Views from a landing craft of others in the first landing wave. Brief closeup of U.S. Marines crowded in their landing craft.
Responsibilities and assets of NATO's SACLANT. View from cockpit of aircraft landing on deck of U.S. aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CVA-20). Scenes of Atlantic ocean during World War 2. Periscope of German submarine breaks surface. Point of view inside a submarine as seen through periscope looking at a target ship. American convoy underway during World War 2 in the Atlantic Ocean. Underwater shot as a submarine launches torpedo at Allied ship. Allied freighter ships being struck by torpedoes. Underwater view of submarine. A torpedoed ship sinking, with only its bow sticking up in the air and then sinking under the ocean. Views of empty German submarine pens in Brest or Lorient after end of World War 2. Next scene shows a Douglas DC-4 passenger airplane as it passes by the Empire State building, while in flight over Manhattan Island, New York City. Steamships in terminals on the Hudson River. Tug boats and barges in New York harbor. Ocean-going cargo ships pass by the Statue of Liberty. Vehicular traffic in the streets of Norfolk, Virginia. A sign reads 'US Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia'. View of ships and harbor at Norfolk Naval Station. Headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT). NATO officers in the "great map room of SACLANT" at the Headquarters. World map placed on a wall. Scene from 1952: U.S. Navy Captain briefs Admiral Lynde D. McCormick, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and also SACLANT. Map shows areas of SACLANT responsibility extending around the Atlantic from Southern Europe around past Iceland to the maritime provinces of Canada and down to the U.S. coast.. Surfaced submarine launches Regulus missile. Scene from 1960: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV-62) underway. Aircraft parked aboard the aircraft carrier. View of Naval Air Base at Oceana, Virginia. Douglas F4D flies above runway as another lands. Navy F8 aircraft parked on ramp. Canadian Naval Base at Halifax, Nova Scotia, with views of derricks, cranes, piers, and warships.
A French soldier enters side door of a Char 2C Super-heavy tank, number 97, as it passes him. Another Char 2C, number 94 (its name, "Bretagne" not seen ) plunges into a stream. View of tank number 97, from in front and below, shows its name "Normandie" painted on its front. Tank # 94 is seen, again, as it rolls over a tree; drives right through a masonry wall; climbs out of a deep ditch; and rolls into a concrete building, destroying it. The sequence concludes with Char 2C #97, riding over antitank obstacles, driving them into the ground.
Successful endurance flight of U.S. Army Air Corps C-2A aircraft in Los Angles, California. C-2A Question Mark aircraft taxis as it lands at an airfield in California. Crew members get off the plane and being congratulated by fellow pilots. Crew members talk to each other. Crew members including Major Carl Spaatz, Captain Ira Eaker, Lieutenant E.R. Quesada, Lieutenant H.A. Halvorsen, Sergeant R. W. Hooe stand against a plane. A pyramid of empty fuel drums symbolizing the 5,200 gallons of fuel used during the endurance flight of C-2A aircraft. Crew members pose in front of the mounds of gasoline cans.
Cleveland National air races in Cleveland, Ohio. Colonel Charles Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh walk out from under the grandstand with civilians. Mrs. Lindbergh gets into the rear of a De Havilland DH-60 aircraft as Colonel Lindbergh spins the propellers. Aircraft takes off. Six U.S. Navy F2B-1 aircraft in flight as they are tied together with pieces of rope. Aircraft land together. Three Navy F2B-1 aircraft in flight close together. The middle aircraft executes a 180 degree right wing over and flies upside down and then completes a roll. A Navy F2B-1 aircraft in flight and executes several 360 degree rolls. Colonel Lindbergh stands with two other pilots.
Activities of USAF (United States Air Forces) 12th Air Police Security Squadron members at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A2C (Airman Second Class) Bartholomew C. Cavallaro at his post on a hill overlooking a flight line. USAF F-4C Phantom fighter-bomber aircraft being towed. An A2C stands guard near a bunker. A2C Charles J. Albornoz at his post checks traffic into the POL (Petroleum, Oil, Lubricants) dump and trucks loaded with JP-4 fuel.
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