United States airmen from Takhli RTAFB sightseeing in Bangkok, Thailand during the Vietnam War. United states Air Force personnel on R&R in Bangkok. They visit Buddhist temple Wat Arun (158 Thanon Wang Doem, Wat Arun, Bangkok Yai, Bangkok 10600, Thailand) which is located on the bank of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. They take pictures. They climb up the stairs of Wat Arun Temple. Boats in the river with the temple in the foreground. Tourists sightseeing around the temple.
U.S. aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean. Preparations for the air raid on North Vietnam. Pilots and newsmen briefed before the raid. U.S. aircraft parked on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Men working on the ship. The men load bombs aboard the aircraft. The aircraft takes off from the flight deck and in flight.
United States Navy 7th Fleet operations in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. A United States Navy aircraft A-3B Skyhawk rolls to a stop. The wire is released and wings are folded. Aircraft taxis off to the left. A-4E catapulted from starboard. Others wait in the foreground. United States Navy aircraft A-4E Skyhawk taxis up to deck. United States Navy aircraft A-3B Skywarrior parked in the background. A United States Navy aircraft F-8D Crusader being catted from catapult. A-4E Skyhawk on a catapult. A-4E Skyhawk catted from catapult. Blast fence being lowered in the foreground. F-8D Crusader catted. A-4E Skyhawk on fly by past the ship during air demonstration. Napalm bomb hits the water in far background making a fireball. Several crew members on flight deck watch. Smoke rises from water as Napalm bombs explode.
A USAF film report covering the principles of electronics phased array radar AN/FPS-85 for performing functions of satellite surveillance and spacecraft instantly and concurrently. A view of the space. A satellite moves in the space. The AN/FPS-85 Spacetrack Radar at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Men working at drawing boards. The Bendix Building in Baltimore, Maryland. Cars parked outside the building. An array antenna on top of the building. A five-storey array antenna Bendix facility. A view of the AN/FPS-85 Spacetrack Radar at the Eglin AFB. The antenna elements on the radar. The AN/FPS-85 radar facing equator. An animation depicting the functioning and working of the AN/FPS-85. The functions include satellite detection, recognition of old targets, tracking of new targets and target signature data.
A USAF film report shows the construction of a 13-storey structure at the Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, United States. The AN/FPS-85 Spacetrack Radar at Eglin AFB. Men at work on the radar. The construction work at Eglin AFB. Cars move on a dirt road. A sign reads "AN/FPS-85 Site C-6, USAF RADC, Bendix Radio Div, The Bendix Corp." The construction work for AN/FPS-85 radar site. A crane digging out mud for making holes. Bendix workers at work on the construction site. The erection of steel girders' work at the construction area. A crane carrying a steel girder and making skeleton of the radar. An engineer at the site. Men near steel girder and the crane lifting up the girder. A man at the controls of the crane. A girder being pulled up. The engineers joining the girders. An engineer looks at the engineering plan. The engineers and mathematicians working together. The steel girders in the foreground. Men working on the skeleton. The finished skeleton at the Eglin AFB. Men working in the night. A man surveying and aligning each member on the 45DG scanner face with delicate optical equipment.
A USAF film report shows the production lines, fabrication and testing of radio antenna elements, and receiver and transmitter modules in the United States. The Bendix Radio division headquarters building in Towson, Maryland. 1960's cars parked outside the building. An engineer writes on a blackboard. Other engineers seated around a table. The production line where parts are being assembled into antenna elements. People at work in the plant. Women on an assembly line assemble the parts. The receiver and transmitter modules hooked up to load to special test cells. The life test runs being conducted. A man operates the controls. The sub systems being tested in the engineering laboratory. Men work on beam steering. Men at the plant test individual fabricated parts. A man checking and testing a sub system. The testing of receiver antenna module control. A man mounts a steel sheet panel on the modules. The testing of the antennas and a woman operates controls. The modules packed and transported by a truck. View of truck leaving the assembly building, with "Bendix Radio" sign on the building. The Spacetrack Radar site under construction in Florida. Men at the site install the completed panels on the planar surface. The outer panels placed on a planar surface by a power driven sled lift. A man seals the panels. The land grading is finished around huge structure by a large powered grading truck. The power transmission facility nearby and air conditioning equipment at the base.
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