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P-40s demonstrate aerial gunnery and strafing target while B-17s perform bombing and strafing demonstrations in Virginia.

US Army Air Corps aerial demonstrations at Langley Field in Hampton, Virginia. USAAC Curtiss P-40 fighters parked at the Field. Ground Crew men prepare the aircraft. The pilots gets into the cockpits and the aircraft take off. The aircraft in flight. They demonstrate aerial gunnery and strafing target. The P-40s mass dive on a water target. They aircraft machine guns fired, bullets hit the target in the water. US officers and South American military experts inspect USAAC B-17C Flying Fortresses. An officer examines the aircraft bomb load. The -17s in flight. They perform bombing and strafing demonstration.

Location: Hampton Virginia

Date: 1940

Duration: 1 min 26 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

President Roosevelt reviews air fleet of the United States at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia during World War II.

US President Franklin D. Roosevelt checks on growing air fleet of the United States at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia during World War II. Official cars parked in front of airplanes on the air base. President Roosevelt looks at formation of aircraft.

Location: Hampton Virginia

Date: 1940, July 31

Duration: 46 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English