Shows 503rd Battalion paratroops scramble through Obstacle course. Paratroopers climbing up and moving through Trainasium made up of metal bars at Fort Benning. Paratroopers jumping from Trainasium.
United States Army Air cadets doing Calisthenics at Randolph Field, Texas. Cadets performing drills, vascular coordination and pyramids.
Aircraft being delivered from United States to Britain during World War 2 as part of lend-lease program: Liberator bombers, Harvard-IIs, Bostons (British A-20), Lockheed P-38 and B-17E taking off for England piloted by the U.S. Army Air Corps Ferry Command.
Retirement ceremonies for Major General Frank P. Lahm, first military Pilot at Randolph Field, Texas. Frank P. Lahm with other officers and soldiers marching at the ceremony. American planes can be seen overhead. Frank P. Lahm was taught to fly by the Wright Brothers, organized the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1917 and was the first balloon pilot. (World War II period).
U.S. Army Air Force paratroopers bailing out of aircraft C-47, descending, and landing on ground. C-47s landing and crew debarking on air strip. Crew getting equipment from aircraft.
New Curtiss-Wright factory being opened at Columbus. Army officers and other VIPs inspecting the plant. Shows aircraft workers working in the plant. A new SO3C-1 Seamew aircraft equipped with fixed gear and wheel pants, is rolled out on the factory floor for the VIPs to examine. (Note: Curtiss SO3C-1 aircraft with fixed landing gear and wheel pants, were ordered by the British Royal Navy Fleet Arm, under Lend-Lease. The company and the Royal Navy called them the "Seamew." But, the U.S. Navy called their observation floatplane version the "Seagull," the same as the biplane it replaced.)
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