Interior of the photo laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha in Sarpy County, Nebraska. A photo intelligence officer examining film and pointing to sites shown on the map on his left. Map is marked with 'Secret NOFORN'. Another photo intelligence officer joins him.
Interior of the photo laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha in Sparsy County, Nebraska. Photo intelligence officers examining film and pointing to sites shown on the map on their left. Close view of map. Map is marked with 'Secret NOFORN'. Another personnel working on film. One of the photo intelligence officers approaches him and checks the film.
Glenwood Canyon, Colorado. Winding mountain road and highway at Glenwood. Car crosses Eagle River Bridge. Trees besides road. Snow covered mountains besides road. Trees on mountains. Buildings under construction. Road construction site, machines, sand and material.
Miss California beauty contest in Venice, California. The contestants of the beauty contest dressed in colorful bathing suits. They walk on the ramp. People watch them. The judges seated in chairs as they judge. People watching the contest and they cheer. The winner of the Miss California title Clair James holds a trophy and smiles.
The United States Army Eighth Air Force 351st Bombardment Group shooting for the film 'Combat America' in England. A United States Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress parked on the strip. Captain Clark Gable talking to GI in overalls. Captain Gable turns toward camera, and talks to someone off screen. Captain Gable and crew member in overalls, standing close to the B-17. An officer walks into picture, salutes and shakes hands with the Captain and carries on conversation. The three men walk under a wing of B-17 where they make a check on the super-charger. They inspect the landing gear,propeller, and flap. Captain Gable holds the propeller. Wing surface and antenna of the plane. The men check guns on the lower turret of B-17, then move to tail section where they check horizontal and vertical surface of the plane and the machine gun. Tail gunner of the B-17 sticks head out of window and talks to someone off screen. Top turret gunner does the same. Captain Gable, the officer, and crew member enter side door of B-17. B-17 taxis on runway and takes off. Old insignia on plane. (World War II period).
A USAAF B-17F is seen where it crash-landed in the desert near Biggs Army Air Field, El Paso, Texas, on February 18, 1943, in World War 2. The film was shot some time later when salvage operations are underway including removal of engines. As the camera pans around the plane, a bent propeller is seen in the sand. The tail number 25326 is seen, identifying it as Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress, 42-5326, of the 351st Bombardment Group, 511th Bomb Squadron, with home base at Biggs Field. The camera focuses on the plane's empennage.
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