U.S. General James Harold Doolittle inspects B-29 Stratofortress in the United States. General Doolittle gets into a B-29 and then comes out. He is escorted by officers and he gets into a car. B-29 taxis and takes off. Planes parked in the background. B-29 taxis on the runway.
Winter maneuvers of First Pursuit Group of United States Army Air Service in Oscoda Michigan. Airmen carry fuel in a container. DH-4 De Havilland is refueled. The wheels of DH-4 are replaced by skies. Airmen stand near the planes. Curtiss PW-8 Hawks parked. Aircraft taxis and takes off.
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.
Demonstration of bombing with reference to enemy plane's shadow at Kelly field in Texas. The shadow of Martin Bomber MB-2 on field. DH-4 De Havilland in flight chasing the shadow of the MB-2.
Pilots from the U.S. Army Air Service Advanced Flight Training School, at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, fly through the Canyon of the Rio Grande River, in De Haviland DH 4 aircraft. Aerial view from a DH 4 aircraft, of another flying alongside the rocky walls of the river canyon. Glimpses of the camera plane's wing and strut with rocky cliffs behind. Views of the river far below and the other DH 4 flying much lower. View from camera being held high above cockpit, showing upper surface of DH 4 wing, fuselage, and empennage. A DH4 flying close to the canyon wall.View from camera, shooting above the top of DH 4 wing, upward and back across the aircraft tail. It shows walls of canyon surrounding the aircraft. Closeup of DH-4 displaying number "53" on fuselage. It is silhouetted against the sky as it flies in the canyon. More views of canyon walls seen through struts of camera aircraft. More closeups of airplane number 53. View from camera plane of five other DH 4s in formation silhouetted against white cumulus clouds. Pilot and gunner in cockpit of DH 4 in flight. Five DH 4s in Vee formation overhead with clouds behind them. More shots of aviators in cockpit of camera plane and of the five airplanes in formation.
The Pulitzer Trophy Race at Mitchel Field in New York. A Curtiss R3C-1 in flight over Mitchel Field. The R3C-1 taxiing after landing. The number 43 painted on its fuselage. U.S. Army Lieutenant Cyrus Bettis in the cockpit of the R3C-1 after it stops. He climbs up and stands in the cockpit. Army airmen stand around him. Lieutenant Bettis sets a new record of 249 miles per hour.
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