Aerials of Randolph Field in Texas. Air Force or AF cadets marching at Randolph Field. General John J. Pershing(Retd.) and former Vice President C.G. Dawes looking on to scrutinize student cadets. Pilots march in formation with aircraft BT-14s flying low overhead.
Barrage balloons are inflated by men. Men near gas cylinders. Balloons are sent aloft at Fort Lewis.
Shows 501st Parachute Battalion, boarding C-47 aircraft and jumping at Fort Benning in Georgia during World War II. Views of German parachutists descending on Norway from Junkers 52 aircraft. Aircraft C-47s taking off and dropping heavy equipment parachutists as Curtiss A-12S lay smoke trails below. Troops advancing through smoke in fields.
Shows plastic plane being christened at Bendix Airport, New Jersey. Civilians inspecting the plastic plane. Industrialist Ollie Clark riding in plastic and plywood zodiac aircraft.
Aircraft workers working in Stearman Plant at Wichita. Shows Major Harris, U.S. Army Air Corps, accepting delivery of 1000 PT-17 planes from J.E.Schaefer in Stearman Plant. Shows major boarding aircraft which takes off and aircrafts flying overhead.
Shows air raid drill in New York City. Demonstration of defense against air attacks is shown. Civilian spotters on roof locating position of enemy bomber planes and control informing fighter squadron. Aircraft P-40Cs taking off, B-18As in air and anti-aircraft artillery and machine guns firing. (World War II period).
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