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Captain Gable and two airmen inspect a B-17 Flying Fortress during the filming of 'Combat America'.

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).

Date: 1943, February
Duration: 4 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020482
Training of naval commissioned officers at Naval Air Training Command in Florida, United States.

Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, United States. A man drives his Ford Mustang convertible car across a bridge over a river and reaches the entrance gate of the air station which is headquarters for the Naval Air Training Command. Guard at entrance gate shows the way. Four aircraft of the Navy Blue Angels precision flying team are shown performing aerial maneuvers.. Man views the USS Lexington (CV-16) naval aircraft carrier at dock. Several recent college graduates, all participants in the Navy Aviation Officer Candidate program (AOC) check-in to start the program and greet each other. Officer teaches Principles of leadership in class using an overhead projector. Naval aviation students march and exercise under supervision. They play football. They perform physical exercise drills. A participant struggles with situps. Close-up of the face of a commanding officer drill instructor pushing him along. Naval band plays music. Personnel march in uniform in graduation ceremony after the 11 week program. Officer presents graduation degree one by one to them. Four U.S. Navy North American T-28 Trojan aircraft fly over the field in formation. African American commissioned officer and his wife walk up to their apartment door, off-base, carrying grocery bags. Other graduates carry luggage to Bachelor Officers Quarters (BOQ) and arrange photographs of women on a table and talk. Low aerial view approaching flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CV-43). Commissioned officers on board the carrier sit at dinner table and talk.

Date: 1967
Duration: 3 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026265
A demonstration of an LVT with dozer blades as it clears various obstacles at a beach in Florida, United States.

A demonstration about a Landing Vehicle Tracked with dozer blades to clear underwater and beach obstacles in Florida, United States. A sign on a paper reads 'Project 104 and 135 LVT Dozers '. A Landing Vehicle Tracked ( LVT ) being unloaded from a landing craft at sea. LVT A-1 with a cable operated dozer blade clears log obstacles at a beach. LVT3 dozer demolishes a Japanese scully at the shore. Another steel obstacle being demolished by the LVT dozer. The LT dozer clears a Japanese log scaffolding. It ramps over a Japanese coral wall. The dozer clears palm trees. The dozer blades being raised and lowered as the LVT is still. The dozer being detached from the LVT. A man puts a seal on a paper that reads ' 85% completed'.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058861
Clark Gable's son baptized at St. Cyril's Catholic Church in Encino, California.

The baptism of John Clark Gable, son of Hollywood actor Clark Gable, at St. Cyril of Jerusalem Catholic Church (15520 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91436, United States) in Encino, California. Sign reads “St. Cyril’s Catholic Church”. Hollywood stars Louella Parsons, Hedda Hopper, Jack Benny with his wife and Marilyn Monroe arrive at the church. Kay Williams Gable, holding John, arrives at the church. Baptism ceremony in the church. John with his mother comes out from the church.

Date: 1961, June 11
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034155
The launching of the first pilot-less aerial torpedo at Carlson Field in Arcadia, Florida.

A review of research and development in guided missiles by the United States Air Force from 1919 to 1948. A civilian technician assembles first pilot-less aerial torpedo at Carlson Field, in Arcadia Florida. A launching track and gear. Technicians work on the missile beneath camouflaged netting. Attempted launching of the missile results in a crash due to track failure. The missile is launched and takes off. First successful launching of the aerial torpedo on October 24, 1919. The missile crashes immediately after the take off. First successful flight on October 2. Aerial view of hangars and airstrips of Wright Field in Ohio during early 1940s.

Date: 1919
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046001
The launching of a JB-2, based on the German V-1 buzz bomb, surface to surface missile at Eglin Field, Florida.

From a review of research and development in guided missiles by the United States Air Force from 1919 to 1948. A JB-2 (Jet Bomb 2) "Loon" based on the German V-1 buzz bomb, surface-to-surface missile. Technicians examine a scale model of the JB-2 missile. Air Force research and development of American type JB-2 missile, the first unmanned guided missile in America's arsenal. A JB-2 is launched from Santa Rosa Island, Florida. A rocket assists in take off. The rocket unit falls away immediately after JB-2 rises into the air. A control aircraft flies overhead showing JB-2 launchings at Eglin Field. JB-2 in flight. The JB-2 was sub-contracted by Republic: Airframe by Willys-Overland; Engine by Ford Motor Company, the IJ-15-1, which copied the German V-1's 900-lb. thrust Argus-Schmidt pulse-jet; Guidance by Jack and Heintz Company; Launch System by Monsanto; Rocket launch sleds by Northrop.. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046009