First Fleet Exercises, ca Nov61

First Fleet Exercises, ca Nov61 Slate: 16Nov61 Pan w/ exploding depth charges dropped from unid. aircraft exploding in row. Two target seen from USS Kitty Hawk w/ charges exploding on each side, spray. Repeated. 09:13:17 Sky. Return to surface explosions. 09:13:32 Flare falling & rocket fired from ship & hits it. Flare continues falling, parachute behind (?). 09:13:53 DLG type ship underway (Guided Missile Frigate) towards camera. 09:14:06 F8U touching down on carrier, 3 landing passes. F4H catches wire & stops. A4D in & lands. A3J lands & taxies. 09:16:20 Rocket hits around towed water target. P2V flyby. 09:16:40 DDR-832 USS Hanson underway seen alone. 09:16:49 DD-761 USS Buck past w/ another ship beyond. Second destroyer past. DD-658 USS Colahan past. Naval Exercises; Cold War; 1961; US Navy; NOTE: All probably shot from USS Kitty Hawk.