Aerials of Anglo-Iranian oil refineries and planes parked at an airfield. Truck pulls trailer loaded with disassembled aircraft. Overhead crane stack supplies in storage depot. African American (US) soldiers remove side from crated airplane parts. P-40 and A-20 assembled at an airfield. Russian officers ferrying planes to Russia, arrive in C-47. Various Russian pilots, officers and U.S. officers. (World War II period).
Film about the shipping of American Lend-Lease aircraft to the Soviet Union, via the " Persian Corridor " during World War 2. It focuses on activities at Abadan Airfield, Iran. U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) Colonel Charles Porter, Commanding Officer of the Allied Abadan military establishment in Iran, stands with a Soviet Colonel, who supervises Soviet work on the field. With them is USAAF Brigadier General Macmillan., who was visiting the base at this time. They pose in front of a P-39 Bell Aircobra airplane displaying a red Soviet Star insignia. Next, ground crews are seen towing aircraft on the field, including a Douglas A-20 Havoc and a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk. Mechanics work on several P-40 airplanes on the ramp. A North American Aviation T-6 Texan aircraft is being refueled from a truck .Closeup of ground crewman holding refueling hose over the wing of the T-6. USAAF mechanics conduct post-assembly checks on a North American B-25 Mitchell bomber and tow another one (Serial number 41-3225) from a hangar, to the Soviet side of the field, after completing its inspection. Soviet mechanics are seen checking guns in the rear cockpit of an aircraft. Glimpse of several P-40 aircraft and a T-6 aircraft on a ramp. Soviet and American mechanics working together on the wings of aircraft. Closeup of two working together. As a Soviet soldier watches, an American airman uses a paint brush to change the American white star on an airplane, into the Soviet red star. The two shake hands when the painting is done. Soviet ground crew push a P-40 aircraft into position for starting. A soviet pilot, wearing a seat pack parachute, climbs into the cockpit. Closeup of him as he nods to a ground crewman for engine start. He taxis out and takes off. Several T-6 aircraft on the Soviet side of the field are seen, ready to be flown away. Views of other aircraft being readied for ferrying to Russia. Camera pans over the airfield and the many aircraft parked there.
Naval Air Development Center projects building. Centrifuge passes overhead. Technician in control room looks through a large window out to centrifuge. Centrifuge arm in motion around room. Centrifuge stops. Centrifuge arm stopped at control room platform. Doors open and two technicians step from centrifuge. Technicians open centrifuge door and enter. NASA astronaut Alan Shepard leaves centrifuge. Doctor peels tape from Astronaut's body after run. Technician takes air-foam cushion into centrifuge. Captain DK Slayton assisted in dressing room with flight suit. Astronaut Slayton puts on helmet. Mike hooked to helmet. Captain Deke Slayton seated in centrifuge. Captain waits for run. Centrifuge starts to whirl around room. Technicians in control room. Centrifuge turns on boom. Astronaut during G-force run. Machine slows down and astronaut relaxes. Doctor checks instruments in control room. Astronaut's heart beat on oscilloscope during run.
Astronaut Alan Shepard of the United States Navy, during his centrifuge run, for astronaut training and testing. Various instruments attached to his helmet and on to parts of his body.
Astronaut training and testing: Astronaut John Glenn Junior approaches the centrifuge gondola and takes his seat. Various instruments attached to his helmet and onto parts of his suit during the centrifuge run.
NASA Project Mercury astronaut John Glenn Junior seated in the centrifuge gondola during its run for astronaut training and testing. Various instruments attached to his helmet and onto parts of his body.
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