Shows barrage balloons sent aloft, tethered with metal cables. Barrage balloons in sky and being tested at Wingfoot Lake, Ohio. (World War 2 period.)
Army test pilot Robert W. Fausel on airfield smiles for camera in cockpit of P-40D aircraft at Wright Field near Dayton, Ohio. P-40D taking off and breaking speed record with a 661 mile per hour vertical power dive. P-40 in flight. Plane lands and pilot Bob Fausel smiles again for the camera standing near the aircraft. (Opening slate states Buffalo New York, but this event actually occurred at Wright Field in Ohio).
National Glider Meet at Elmira, New York. U.S. Air Chief Major General H.H. Arnold boarding glider and taking off and taking off. Men standing near winch which supplies take off. Gliders in air, soaring and landing.
A special representative from U.S. President Roosevelt, Major General Frank Andrews arriving at Buenos Aires on Argentine Independence Day and greeted by Argentine Army officers. Argentine Army and Navy personnel marching at Argentine Independence Day celebration and Vice President Castillo presiding at ceremony.
Views of United States Army cadets graduating with wings and receiving diplomas at Maxwell Field. New pilot officers of the U.S. Army Air Force are seen near aircraft on airfield, together with women guests at the ceremony. Group of AT-6A training aircraft parked at airfield.
Bell P-39 Airacobra aircrafts on flight line at Camp Steel, Michigan. Ammunition is loaded in Bell P-39. Fliers board aircraft. Aircrafts taking off. Aircrafts swoop down and strafe ground target.
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