Shows mechanical assembly line at Vultee Plant for production of warplanes in World War 2. Views of workers working at the Plant. Aircraft parts are conveyed through sites at which operations are performed in mechanized assembly line.
British Royal Air Force Pilots marching and receiving insignia as part of graduation exercises at War Eagle Field in California. AT-6 aircraft takes off. The pilots received training in the United States before returning to the battle front against Germany, early in World War 2.
A U.S. Naval supply ship at the pier in Alameda, San Francisco Bay, during World War 2. American sailors aboard the ship. Two men stand on the pier near the ship. Smoke emitted from a stack as the steamer leaves the pier. Hills in the background. Ship enters the Bay.
Rose Bowl parade and fete in Pasadena, California. Men stand with poster that reads '52nd annual tournament of roses'. A girl on a float waves. Name on a float reads 'our navy'. Model of an eagle on a float. Float of San Francisco with model of Golden Gate Bridge on it. Floats of Stanford, Nebraska, Ventura, Los Angeles and Glendale go by.
A test flight of a new USAAF (United States Army Air Force) Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft in Burbank, California. USAAF P-38s inside a hangar. Men seated on a wing of a P-38. The P-38 is pulled out of a hangar. A pilot wearing a mask on a bicycle. The pilot wearing a helmet and a mask gets in to the cockpit of the aircraft. The aircraft taxis and takes off. The P-38 in flight over the city. Mountains in the background.
Douglas Aircraft Engineers donning special helmets, shoes and cold weather clothing before entering Low Temperature Laboratory in Santa Monica, California. The temperature in the chamber is below 60 degrees. Engineers enter the cold chamber to test aircraft equipment. They check the equipment inside the cold chambers.