First movie scenes of Chicago from air. Film maker Harold McCormick Jr. adjusts camera at flying boat. Pilot Witmer boards his Curtiss Amphibian flying boat. Two Curtiss Amphibian flying boat taxi on water. Passengers on the boat wave. Aerial scenes of Chicago coast line and downtown Chicago areas and landmarks. Scenes of building and factories of Chicago. Scenes of shipping facilities. Scene of naval fleet.
Russian air-cadets being trained at the Royal Flying Corps' No 1 School of Military Aeronautics, at Coley Park Aerodrome, Reading, Berkshire, England, during World War 1. Cadets march with their officer to a tarpaulin covered hangar. Next they are seen inside the hangar, removing a double wing from a bi-wing aircraft. . They sit, wearing earphones, at a table outdoors, learning wireless telegraphy. They examine the parts of a Clerget 9B nine-cylinder rotary aircraft engine, and sit for a lecture about inline engines. The instructor holds up a bearing and connecting rods from the inline engine. They look at an aeronautical chart and take notes. Cadets climb aboard a canvas-covered army truck and stand in it. They wave as it drives away.
World War 1 era air raid shelter dugout constructed with concrete and sand bags by British civilians to be safe from Gotha attack (German Gotha G.V. bomber) in London, England. People come out of house, stand beside the bomb shelter, and then enter it. They come out of the dugout and look upwards.
Major General David William Hutchison visits to present Legion of Merit award. United States air force personnel stand aligned in hangar. Major General David William Hutchison stands and an officer comes forward with flag. Hutchison executes ceremony. He presents certificates to personnel at ceremony in hangar and then they talk.
Naval commissioned officers sit at table and talk. View of trainees entering Naval Aviation School Command building 633 on grounds of Naval Air Station Pensacola. Graduates from officer candidate school, Naval ROTC, and the Naval Academy sit in class and officer shows them model of aircraft and tells about its parts and functions. They study the functions of aicraft engines, viewing a model of an engine. They learn to take readings of airspeed and learn about navigation and aerodynamics. Close-up of monitor needles showing Lift, Drag, and Speed. They sit in a ejection simulator to experience the sensation of being ejected from an aircraft. They wear flight gear and learn how to function at 30,000 feet altitude. They perform callisthenic exercises, include jumping jacks, pushups and running, and they stay fit on an obstacle course. They get training in a swimming pool including use of a Dilbert Dunker to learn how to escape a submerged aircraft after ditching in water. They learn land-sea survival skills, and are seen training in a pool and in the open ocean, simulating survival situations at sea and on land. They practice escaping a parachute harness at sea, and how to board a life raft from the water. A pilot practices bailing water out of the life boat using his flight helmet. On land, they make a tent in the forest using their parachute, they learn to build and set snares to capture small animals. They learn about edible plants. Trainees seen gathered around a camp fire at night, cooking. Officers in uniform view T-28 Trojan aircraft flying overhead.
As film begins, a Yellow shirt aboard the Aircraft Carrier, USS Coral Sea (CVA -43) clears a U.S. Navy F-4 Phantom fighter aircraft of Carrier Air Wing 15 for takeoff. Steam from the carrier's catapult is seen initially but dissipates as the jet takes off. Several more F-4s are launched and seen from different angles. Closeup of canopy closing as pilot LT. J.G. D.H. Rogers dons his oxygen mask prior to takeoff. An F-4 buzzes past as Rogers' aircraft sits on the port catapult. His aircraft joins up with two others and they fly in a formation toward a shore. Several views of the flight of three in different formations. They peel off and dive in sequence. View of one from behind and underneath showing collection of ordnance under its wings. The F-4s drop clusters of bombs that are seen exploding on the ground. Glimpse of Lt. J.G. Rogers in his cockpit. Aerial view of landing craft speeding though water below. Warships in an invasion fleet seen on the water. Glimpse of troops descending net from a transport ship and boarding a landing craft (Higgins Boat). Back on the Coral Sea, U.S. Marines are seen boarding UH-34D helicopters. Glimpse of landing craft heading toward shore in formation. An F-4 firing rockets. Explosion as rocket strikes a hut on sandy shore. More views of landing craft underway, and an F-4 firing rockets that explode in water along a shore. More Marines leaving the Coral Sea flight deck aboard UH-34D helicopters. More views of landing craft underway. An F-4 dropping bombs that explode on a shore. Marines rushing out of Landing Vehicles Tracked (LVTP-5s). Explosions on sand. View from inside LVTP-5 as Marines leave it for the beach. More explosions on sand. Views of LVTPs heading toward shore. Formations of Marine UH-34D helicopters landing and Marines starting to leave them. Aerial view of LVTPs reaching shore and Marines leaving them and assembling on shore. Flight of three F-4s in formation over the USS Coral Sea and then landing on her flight deck. (Note: Although scenes of bombing and amphibious assaults are shown, there is no evidence of enemy actions anywhere in this film, so such scenes likely involve training exercises or some other non-combat activities.)
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