United States Army Air Corps Douglas XC-32 military transport plane in flight after take off from Langley Field before WWII. Major General Frank Andrews and staff including Major George C. Kenny, inspecting a map onboard the XC-32. A radio operator in the XC-32 sends a message via morse code and voice. Ground radio operators in Concord, New Hampshire as command is heard on loudspeaker telling pilots to "simulate an air attack on the New York metropolitan area." View of a loudspeaker. Ground crewmen walking across snow-covered field in Concord New Hampshire with a Douglas YO-31A parked in background. Snow is falling on the airfield as crewmen uncover engine of a Martin B-10 bomber parked in a row with other bombers. A crewman in winter uniform carries a machine gun across snow-covered field toward a parked B-10. A gunner in a B-10 as nose turret turns. Crewmen looking in open bomb bay doors in the snow. Two crewmen turning propeller on a B-10 by hand while it is snowing. Two ground crewmen crank B-10 engine by hand to prime it in cold conditions. Engines on a B-10 are started. The snow is blown off wings of aircraft after the engine starts. Two ground crewmen pulling canvas covering off the wing of a B-10 in heavy snow. A Martin B-10 taxiing on snow-covered field. The B-10 taking off from snow-covered field. A Martin B-10 in flight.
A United States Army Air Corps Squadron bombs a lava flow from the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii. Keystone bombers in flight over Hawaii. Aerial view of an erupted volcano showing the lava flow. A column of smoke and dust forms after bomb explosions near Hilo.
United States Air Corps Lieutenant Roscoe Charles Wilson is seen wearing civilian clothing and parachute. Lt. R.C. Wilson, a pilot, climbs into the cockpit of a modified Boeing P-26 fuselage. The fuselage is mounted in a jig designed to protect the propeller during landing accidents. The entire fuselage is tipped over slowly as a means of demonstrating the protection device. Lieutenant Wilson in cockpit pushing against sponge rubber in top of canopy.
United States Army Air Corps ground crewmen work in front of row of parked Martin B-10 aircraft before WW2. Pilots standing by portable gas heater warming their hands and feet. A ground crewman removing portable gas heater from under canvas covering the nose of a Curtiss A-12 Shrike. Two ground crewmen putting booties on "Prince" the squadron collie dog mascot. Crewmen putting on sheepskin flying suit while another wearing a cold weather flying mask helps. Close up of crewman in cold weather mask. Close up of engine as it starts up. Martin B-10 bombers in flight over snow. A gunner in B-10 rear canopy. A B-10 in flight. View rear through B-10 bomber vertical stabilizer. Camera man without canopy operating a hand cranked 35mm motion picture camera. B-10 bombers in flight at night.
A truck drives up in front of a U.S. Army Air Corps Keystone B-6A biplane bomber at a hangar on Langley Field. The U.S. airmen move supplies from truck to plane. Aerial view of Tangier Island through wing of B-6A plane. The island is surrounded by ice. The bundles of food being dropped through bomb bay of B-6A onto Tangier Island. Distant views of planes over snow covered Tangier Island.
United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower smiles as he takes off his cap. Brief shots of Eisenhower in academic gown and then in civilian clothes speaking. View of Eisenhower’s birthplace and home (609 S. Lamar Ave. Denison, TX 75021) in Denison, Texas. General Eisenhower standing at the gate to the home. Sign reads “Eisenhower Birthplace”. Interiors of Eisenhower's boyhood bedroom. Photograph of young Eisenhower his mother, Ida Eisenhower. Edgar and Ike Eisenhower’s High School Senior Year photos. A military parade at West Point. Animated map of Europe and the Mediterranean area. Gunners with anti-aircraft gun on deck. Dwight Eisenhower in uniform on ship deck with a naval officer. Soldiers landing on a beach. A tank explodes in the Sahara Desert. Eisenhower shaking hands with British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery in North Africa during World War 2. Eisenhower pointing to War operations map of Europe. General Eisenhower inspecting United States soldiers in a forest. Troops wading ashore on D-Day. German Commanding Officer Wilhelm Keitel signing German surrender. General Eisenhower speaks, saying, "the truly heroic figure of this War - he is GI Joe."
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