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Instructor explains aircraft engine parts to cadets from US Military Academy in visit to Mitchel Field, New York

West Point Cadets from the US Military Academy receive instruction about aircraft, during visit to Mitchel Field, Hempstead, New York. Instructor points out features of aircraft engine exhaust system. A B-6A bi-wing bomber taxiing. Crew loading a two thousand pound bomb under a B-6A, and aerial views of B-6A in flight, with pilots and gunners visible in open air positions. Several O-1D biplanes taking off in loose formation.

Location: Hempstead New York

Date: 1937

Duration: 1 min 23 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

West Point Cadets receive flight familiarization training at Mitchel Field, New York

West Point Cadets in flight suits, with goggles, prepare for flight at Mitchel Field, Hempstead, New York. Officer gives instruction to the cadets standing at attention. Building in the background. West Point cadets leave building. Others sit on steps of building. West Point cadets, wearing seat-pack parachutes, march down flight line. Row of parked United States Army Air Corps B-6A bomber aircraft. Cadets stand in front of the aircraft, parked with engines running, on the airfield. Cadets climb into B-6A aircraft. Interior of the Cockpit. Cadet and pilot look at map. Nose section of B-6A. Cadet in nose gunner position aims through machine gun sight. Cadet in rear radio operator-gunner position speaks into microphone. Pilot at controls checks engines and instruments. Ground crewmen remove wheel chocks and the aircraft taxi in formation to the runway, and takeoff, one at a time. Aerial view of B-6As in formation flight over Long Island, New York.

Location: Hempstead New York

Date: 1937

Duration: 3 min 23 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Aerial view of Mitchel Field, Hempstead, New York, as line of B-6A bombers and O-1D pursuit planes taxi for takeoff

Aerial view of Mitchel Field, Hempstead, New York, with line of B-6A bombers and O-1D observation aircraft taxiing for takeoff. They circle to avoid construction work at center of airfield. Highways and surrounding areas of the airfield are visible.

Location: Hempstead New York

Date: 1937

Duration: 50 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English