A film depicts how victory ship, SS Hannibal Victory, hull number 579, delivered a cargo of 8 railroad locomotives, tenders, flatcars, rails etc. from San Francisco to the U.S. Army in the Philippines. SS Hannibal Victory leaves the dock. The ship underway in the San Francisco Bay. An U.S. officer and men aboard the ship. A ship underway in the background. A view of the city from the bay. The locomotives aboard the ship. The Golden Gate bridge ahead. Navy hospital ship USS Relief (AH-1) underway. A P-2 undereway, a large new type passenger ship, converted to carry troops when war broke out. The Golden Gate Bridge in the background. A man in the foreground. Two army corporals aboard the ship. A radio operator, with the army security office aboard the ship. A view of the Golden Gate Bridge from mast of the ship. The signal flags flutter in air. The pilots on the flying bridge with the skipper. A talker checks his telephones. Two men seated by the engine. A pilot boat approaches the ship to pick up the pilot. The pilot from SS Hannibal Victory boards the boat. An engineer opens the main throttle. The turbines turning smoothly. The ship underway in the Pacific. View of the Pacific Ocean. The steel cargo on the deck. The men aboard the ship fire guns in air. The men stand around the gun. The shells of the gun. A man loads the shells. They fire the gun.
U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in Washington DC, United States. The U.S. flag on the White House. A large crowd gathered outside the White House. A woman among the crowd taking pictures. U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife walking through a group of people. U.S. President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter greet Prime Minister Begin and his wife. Prime Minister Begin shakes hands with other officials. Other officials standing behind them. The flags of the U.S. and Israel. An U.S. military honor guard marches. U.S. President Jimmy Carter speaks into microphones at a podium. Prime Minister Begin standing beside him. The wives of the President and the Prime Minister standing behind them. A large crowd in the background on the White House lawn. President Jimmy Carter welcomes the Prime Minister of Israel and his wife, in Washington as part of middle east peace talks. The President says that he has been encouraged by Prime Minister Begin's statement that this year might be a year of efforts that would bring permanent peace and security to the Middle East. He says that they share a common goal of finding peace and this binds the two nations together. The President says that they are honored with their presence and welcome them as their guests. The crowd applauds. Prime Minister Begin speaks into the microphones. He thanks the President. Prime Minister Begin says that they yearn for peace and shall do all things possible to bring real peace to them and their neighbors. The Prime Minister says that he sees President Carter not only as a citizen of a mighty country but also as the defender of the free world. He thanks the U.S. President at the end of his speech. The men shake hands. View of the crowd applauding. President Carter waves to the crowd.
USS Essex (CV-9) underway in Manila Bay, Philippines during World War 2. F6F Hellcat of VF-9 flies past the Essex at low altitude for a gear check. Its landing gear is malfunctioning and can't be extended. The pilot is cleared to make a gear-up landing on the carrier. Next he is seen making a well-controlled touchdown near the beginning of the flight deck. Then the aircraft slides along the deck almost halfway, veering slightly to the right as it comes to a halt. It appears relatively undamaged except for a bent prop (and surely some underside damage). Deck crewmen rush to assist the pilot and bring fire extinguishers to bear on areas around the hot engine. An F4F, taking off during the emergency, veers off the side of the flight deck, but manages to continue safely. Meanwhile, deck crews continue to assist the pilot and safely secure the accident site.The pilot, apparently unhurt, is escorted as he walks away from the airplane.
View from the U.S. Navy Zeppelin, USS Akron (ZRS-4) as Sailor Charles (Bud) Cowart secures his position, suspended on a cable from the airship, 2000 feet above the ground following a cable ring failure that left three sailors dangling beneath the Akron, at Camp Kearny, San Diego, California.(The other two fell to their deaths.) Large group of sailors stand on ground below, watching. Crew of the Akron reel in the cable carrying Cowart and pull him aboard. View of Cowart, inside the Akron, calmly speaking of his experience.
The U.S. Navy Zeppelin, USS Akron (ZRS-4)in flight over Camp Kearny, San Diego, California. she drops mooring cable to crew of about 100 sailors on the ground. Part of the cable breaks, and three sailors are left dangling on the remaining cable. They are pulled up as the Akron rises and two of the sailors fall to their deaths. One sailor (Navy Apprentice Seaman, C.M. Cowart) remains secure on the cable and is reeled into the airship. Captain of the airship, Lieutenant Commander, Charles Emery Rosendahl, gives a public statement following the accident.
Activities in Bermuda of USAF Air Transport Command, Atlantic Division units. An air-sea rescue boat is secured under the fuselage of a USAF SB-17G Flying Fortress aircraft, of the 7th Air Rescue Squadron, at Kindley Field. "ASR 578" is painted on the B-17 fuselage. Air-sea rescue equipment displayed on a ramp, including rations, Gibson girl hand-cranked emergency radio, signal flares and smoke, etc. Very pistols and emergency rockets are also shown. Several kits of such emergency equipment with parachutes, ready for air drop. Scene changes to routine USAFoperations at the base. A USAF technical Sergeant enters information about a C-54 aircraft on the Kindley Field blackboard log of transient aircraft. Several other entries already appear on the blackboard. An Air Force Captain marks up a flight control tag for a transient aircraft..
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