Army Aircraft production at Douglas Company plant in Santa Monica, California. Interior of the Douglas plant, where C-47 (DC-3) transport planes and B-18 Bolo bombers are seen in various stages of manufacture. A factory worker watches as the landing gear of a bomber is raised into retracted position. A row of Wright Cyclone radial engines sit on stands. A group of B-10 aircraft in formation passing by the rock face of a mountain, at altitude below the mountaintop.
Six P-12 biplane aircraft in flight just outside Chicago, Illinois during a practice battle for American military forces from the Illinois National Guard. Troops at ground fire machine guns, loading and firing anti-aircraft guns. Troops wear gas masks, moves through the smoke and firing rifles. A tank and the Chicago skyline in background with various skyscrapers seen.
Views of a scattered wreckage of a B-18 aircraft in a plowed field in Delavan, Illinois. Civilians inspecting the parts of the wreckage including unopened parachutes, a set of broken golf clubs, a music book and a shoe. This was B-18 serial no. 36-265, that crashed June 10,1938. It was assigned to ACTS, Lowry Field, Denver, Colorado.
Several B-18 aircraft in flight over snow covered mountains in California. Three B-18 aircraft in flight over Mount Lassen. Interior of an aircraft, pilot and co-pilot seated and hands of pilot on the controls. A motion picture cameraman operating cameras set up in a hatch way of a B-18.
Pilot turning counter rotating propellers mounted on a P-36 aircraft. Two twin bladed props mounted on a P-36 aircraft as engine is started, P-36 taxis and then takes off. Views of P-36 in flight, then aircraft lands on the grass field.
Large formations of several B-17 and B-18 aircraft in flight in California. Various single-engine fighter aircraft in flight over the clouds.
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