Activities of the U.S. Army Air Service in the United States. A Curtiss PW-8 in flight. The PW-8 performs a barrel roll, a double roll and a tail spin while in flight. An aerial view of houses and buildings. The PW-8 flies on its back and the pilot controls it perfectly.
Activities of the U.S. Army Air Service in Tallulah, Louisinia. Insecticide being loaded into a hooper on a modified DH-4 De Havilland. The DH-4 in flight over lakes and swamps. It dusts the insecticide to kill malaria mosquitoes.
Activities of the U.S. Army Air Service in the United States. An XA-1 ambulance plane taxis. Two patients in the plane. The XA-1 in flight.
The U.S. Army Air Service demonstrates the effectiveness of aerial bombing in the United States. A phosphorus bomb explosion on the mast of the USS Alabama battleship. A smoke screen is laid up during the bombing test.
Ten Martin B-10 bombers taxi and take off from Bolling Field, Washington, DC, for mapping flight to Alaska, and back. View of Army Air Corps Lieutenant Colonel Henry H. Arnold, who commands the operation. The ten Martin B-10 bombers in formation, flying overhead. Scene changes to their return, as B-10 bombers are seen flying over the Potomac River at Washington, DC. Colonel Arnold, standing with some of his pilots, accepts the MacKay Trophy from Secretary of War George Dern for their accomplishment.
Men work on gondola, of the high altitude scientific balloon, Explorer 2, a joint venture of the U.S. Army Air Corps and the National Geographic Society. The balloon being filled with helium. The gondola is attached to the balloon and it lifts off. One of the two-man crew can be seen standing atop the gondola, as the balloon begins its ascent. Scene shifts to the return of the balloon. Captain Anderson, pilot, and Captain Steven, in charge of scientific observations, are seen retrieving instruments from the balloon.
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