Guns used for training of Army Airmen at Kelly Field in Texas. Army Airmen putting machine gun in DH-4 De Havilland. Gunner firing a pair of mounted machine guns from DH-4 cockpit. Synchronized firing of machine guns through propellers. Firing of cannon mounted in Boeing GA-1 nose cockpit.
Opening is drawing of a tiger and film title: "A tiger is a man." closeup of USAF Aviation Cadet Colonel's shoulder board. Next he is seen from the back, as he speaks to an Air Force Officer. Sign reads: "Headquarters, USAF Preflight School, Lackland AFB." Cadets are seen in blue uniforms and white gloves., marching in area between their barracks. Views of barracks with glimpse of two cadets "marching tours" on a special path. An Air Force officer and several cadets on walkways between the barracks. Closeup of clock showing 4:30 (AM). View of cadets asleep in their bunks. Suddenly the lights go on, and they all rise. Closeup of cadets shaving., hurriedly. Another brushing his teeth. A cadet making his bed with tight military corners. One places his shoe partly under the bunk mattress to hold it while he shines it. Shoes being placed with care using a cardboard to assure the toes align perfectly. Cadets hurrying to a formation.
Italian Army Alpini recovering bodies of victims from United States Air Force aircraft C-47 which crashed in French Italian Alps, on October 24, 1954, while on a flight from Rome, Italy, to Lyon, France. The crash site is at 8,500 feet on Mount Carbonè, in Northern Maritime Alps, near Limone Piemonte, Cuneo, Italy. Italian Alpini (mountain troops) lead mules laden with bodies of crash victims, in canvas bags, down a mountain path. They are seen placing one such canvas bag into a coffin. A U.S. and an Italian officer then drape it with an American flag and Alpini pallbearers carry it to a waiting vehicle and gently place it on board. An Italian Alpini honor guard presents arms and its commander salutes.
Aerials of Randolph Field in Texas. Air Force or AF cadets marching at Randolph Field. General John J. Pershing(Retd.) and former Vice President C.G. Dawes looking on to scrutinize student cadets. Pilots march in formation with aircraft BT-14s flying low overhead.
U.S. Army Air Cadets arriving at Randolph Field in Texas, after primary training. New cadets in hooded Link trainers are taught by way of blind flying. Cadets learning difficult air maneuvers. Aircraft BT-14s in flight and taxiing. BT-14s in flight. (World War 2 era.)
U.S. President Harry S. Truman delivers a speech following the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II. U.S. President Harry S. Truman seated at desk in cabin of a ship. He reads prepared speech stating that a single American aircraft dropped one atomic bomb on Hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy. He reminds listeners that the Japanese began the war from the air at Pearl Harbor. He speaks about the U.S. Armed Forces and the production of atomic bombs in the United States. The President states that the U.S. is now prepared to completely destroy every productive enterprise of Japan, by bombing Japanese docks, factories, and communications. Truman states that the U.S. shall completely destroy Japan's power to make war. President Truman notes that acceptance of the Ultimatum of July 26th issued at Potsdam, could have saved the Japanese people much suffering. But it was rejected by Japan's leaders. He states that the U.S. have spent more than two billion dollars on the greatest scientific gamble in history and have won. This is due to the greatest achievement of organized science in history.
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