United States Air Corps cadets taught at a class room in United States. Cadets trained as they learn about various instruments of aerial navigation. They board laboratory planes and take off to know the practical aspects of flying an aircraft. Marines learn to swim in the sea and row rubber boats.
Crisis of Insurrection in Republic of Congo. A U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft parked on a ramp. A B-26 aircraft taxiing behind it. Belgian troops with their gear rest in shade under wing of a C-130 aircraft. Ambulances drive to the tail of a C-130 that just arrived. The tail door of the aircraft opens and Belgian women and children (hostages freed from Stanleyville) come down the ramp. They are met and driven away. Another C-130 arrives and also discharges freed Belgian hostages.
View from cockpit of a U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft through final approach and landing at Paulis airfield, Republic of Congo. On the ground, Belgian soldiers direct former hostages to board with their baggage via the rear door of the aircraft. View of the C-130 taking off from the airfield. Soon after, another C-130 lands, raising much dust as it reverses all four engines.
A U.S. Air Force C-13OE, carrying freed hostages (some dead and injured) from Stanleyville, taxis to parking position near hangar in Leopoldville, Republic of Congo. Ambassador George M. Godley boards the plane as crewmen including Captain Charles Gonzales stand next to the plane. A United States Marine Corps Corporal and an American Army Private First Class stand in the hangar, holding a folded American flag with a priest in background. A covered body being carried off the aircraft and placed near other such bodies, lying on the hangar floor. Refugees get off the plane. A number of other refugees, arrive at the airfield preparing to leave the Congo. Some carry passports.
A U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft arrives at Leopoldville airport, Republic of Congo, carrying freed hostages rescued from Stanleyville. Some are seriously sick and injured. A military honor guard is present and Premier Moise Tshombe and some of his aides meet the aircraft. The rescued hostages get off the plane. A number of them are carried off on stretchers and carried away in station wagon ambulances.
A U.S. Air Force C-13O aircraft lands and Belgian soldiers jump out and assemble at Stanleyville airport in Republic of Congo. They unload supplies from the plane including a munition carrier. Several other C-130s are also being unloaded by Belgian troops.
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