An Italian military airfield in Sicily. A flight of 7 fighter aircraft in formation, abreast, flies over the field. A row of Macchi C.200 Saetta aircraft parked in front of a hangar (also variously called MC.200 or Macchi 200). A row of Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero Trimotor bombers parked across from them. Ground crews loading torpedoes on the bombers. A Reggiane Re.2001 Falco II airplane being serviced. Ground crewman reports to pilots that their bomber is ready. They board and ground crew pulls chocks as the engines are running. View inside the S.79 cockpit with pilot's hand on the triple throttles. The bomber takes off raising lots of dust as it goes. Italian aircraft in flight. British ships sighted below. The Italian bombers attack. Flak bursts in the air. One S-79 skimming the water surface. Other S-79s dropping torpedoes from relatively high altitudes (perhaps 1500 feet). A British warship is struck with large explosion. Italian planes returning with at least two burning British warships left behind. (World War II period).
Family group of nine mono-cyclists (or unicycle) performing on the streets in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. View of buses cars and other vehicles seen passing by. People are thrilled to see the performance. Some of the unicycles are very high in the air. Mono- cyclists dismount and bow after performing.
Pilot leaves the cockpit. He slowly ascends to the surface. Animation shows that if a person ascends without properly reducing lung pressure, he may develop lung problems. Mediastinal Emphysema, Air Embolism, Pneumothorax can be the major problems. The pilot goes beneath the water again. He wears an oxygen mask. He disconnects himself, leaves the cockpit and ascends to the surface.
Cows imported by Friends Relief Mission (Quakers - Religious Society of Friends) as per their mission to restock farms in Europe in the period after World War I. Cows on the land. Farmer repays mission with milk. People keeping milk in containers. Milk transported by horse drawn cart. A town center where milk is distributed. Children queue for milk. A child walks by drinking milk. View of the Spinnerin am Kreuz hospital for Tubercular children in Vienna Austria. Hospital beds brought into open air for children with Tuberculosis. Nurse gives children in beds milk to drink. Mission also helps the working classes. People queue for welfare activities.
Workers coming out from their workplace in England. Pro-Czechoslovakian demonstrations of workers. They demonstrate on the new Air Ministry building (Whitehall, London SW1A 2HB, United Kingdom) in Whitehall. They hold banners and boards in their hands. Car passing on by the street.
French aviation officers practice tracking moving targets through skeet shooting during World War 1. Assistants launch targets into the air and the shooters fire at them. Scene shifts to the officers firing machine guns from airplane-type gun ring installations. (WWI. WW1)
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