Demonstration of an air rescue in the United States. A United States aircraft in flight. Rescue members look through binoculars from the aircraft. Victims being taken out from the aircraft. An official speaks over a phone in a control room. Airmen rush to a parked aircraft. The rescue aircraft taxis and takes off. Victims in a raft. The aircraft lands on water surface and rescue members take the victims inside the aircraft.
U.S. Marine Corps advertisement for the Marine Air Reserve. Marine reservists are seen taking off in Grumman F9F Panther jet fighter airplanes. A formation of F9Fs in flight. The aircraft begin peeling off, one at a time.
Animated map gives geographical details of Saipan, Marian Islands during World War II. Animation shows air strips named Marpi Point, Flores Point and Charan-Kanoa. An aerial view pictures of Japanese held area on Saipan.
View of U.S. Army transport ship, "El Aquario," at dockside in San Francisco, California, preparing to get underway in support of the Army Air Corp Alaska Flight Project, in 1934. Views from aboard the El Aquario, as it makes its way out of San Francisco. View from amidship, forward to the pilot house. Views of surrounding scenery as the ship makes way in protected inland waters from Seattle Washington through Vancouver, British Columbia, and Southern Alaska. View on deck as the ship rolls while underway.. View in ship's dining hall during meal as she rolls slightly (not enough to upset the dishes). An isolated waterfront house seen along the way.
Views from deck of the "El Aquario," supply ship supporting the U.S. Army Air Corps Alaska flight project in 1934. The ship is passing through the Seymour Narrows, on Eastern edge of Vancouver Island, Canada. A steamship is seen approaching from the South, astern. It is a three funnel passenger ship that passes to port of the El Aquario. View from pilot house of waters at North end of the narrows. Dolphins swimming along with the ship are seen from the bow. Seagulls land on the deck and superstructure of the ship. Strong tidal currents are seen flooding in from the North.
Views of harbor at Ketchikan, Alaska, from deck of the "El Aquario," supply ship supporting the U.S. Army Air Corps Alaska flight project in 1934. Camera pans across the harbor showing a steamship at dock and the settlement town of Ketchikan. A passenger steamship is seen with smoke from her stack, underway. A smaller steam ship underway. Crew members of the El Aquario, fish from her bow. One pulls in a small fish. Another one poses with a large fish. views of glassy calm waters from the El Aquario, underway after refueling at Ketchikan, followed by scenes as she moves into more open waters. Hills with snow on their tops.
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