Film opens with a Corsair F4U aircraft making a smooth gear- up emergency landing on a runway at the U.S. Naval Air Station New York (Floyd Bennett field) in World War 2. "Royal Navy, JT 229" is stenciled on the rear of its fuselage, identifying it as belonging to that Squadron. The canopy is open and other than for the landing gear malfunction, the pilot and aircraft appear OK. The Corsair's three-bladed propeller is bent and its engine is shut down. The runway appears to have been foamed, and bits of it are raised as the aircraft slides forward. After the aircraft stops, the cameraman moves, and takes up again as firefighters who were already standing by, respond with protective gear and a hose, ready to employ more foam, if necessary. However, the cockpit is empty and a sailor and the plane captain are already checking over the airplane, as firefighters get set up. It is clear they are not needed.
A training film on functions of military policemen (MP) in a town patrolling in the United States, during World War 2. Soldiers who are 'Absent Without Official Leave' (AWOL) are searched by the MPs. A soldier in civilian clothes reads a newspaper near a pole. The MPs watch him. They suspect the man to be a soldier and inform the nearest civilian policeman. They talk to the man. If there is evidence that he is a soldier, he could be arrested. The man runs away. The MPs catch him. They arrest him and deliver in custody. They also search him for weapons. They fill information on the arrest card. The man's name, serial number, organization to which he belongs and any evidence found against him is noted on the card. The MPs can use police radio to contact the MP headquarters. An officer seated at a desk. A man from the headquarters arrives to take the prisoner with him. The prisoner and the policeman board MP van. They arrive at the headquarters. Processing of the prisoner. The processing includes completing the records. He is listed on criminal record. A man writes information about him. Further searches are made with care. A desk sergeant seated at a desk. The MPs stand in line. An officer instructs them. The MPs patrol a street. An MP talks over a phone. The duty of the MPs is to keep fellow members of the armed forces safe. Reenacted scene of a fight or brawl taking place in a bar (for which MPs would be needed to restore peace). View of a training ground and a large group of U.S. Army soldiers marching and passing in review with American flags and unit flags held high.
Senate's investigation of 40 million dollars in war time aircraft contracts to Howard Hughes' company. Officials of the committee seated. American aviator and industrialist Howard Robard Hughes is asked about prior testimony and about whether he will bring try to bring Mr. Mars in for the 2pm session. Hughes suggests the committee look at the recorded record for his priort statements and says he will not bring in Mr. Mars. Hughes discusses his reputation and about Senator Brewster fighting a battle against public opinion. He speaks out against Senator Brewster. The probe is adjourned.
Film that illustrates the kind of aviation training and early career experiences of American Astronaut John Glenn. Narrator discusses this throughout, but there are no images of John Glenn, himself in the film, which begins showing a formation of North American T-28 training planes from the U.S. Navy flight school at Pensacola, Florida, flying over water. Closeup of one doing a roll. Glimpse of instructor discussing Navy Mark 8-A Weems navigational computer in a classroom.. Cadets at Corpus Christi, Texas, in Altitude Chamber experiencing the effects of high altitude flight and learning about their individual symptoms of hypoxia onset. A cadet in the cockpit of an airplane as instructor standing on its wing points out features of the aircraft controls. A cadet using a sextant to shoot sun lines in daylight. Cadets engaged in calisthenics, and playing volley ball on a court set up on a flight line. A line of Navy Douglas AD Skyraider aircraft, with folded wings are parked in the near background. Cadets in dress whites leave a chapel following a service. Graduation parade and exercises in which the cadets are awarded their Navy wings of gold. A formation of four Navy Grumman F9F/F-9 Cougar aircraft in formation, viewed from above. Closeup of pilots in several parked Vought F4U Corsair aircraft, followed by Formation of several in the air ostensibly blasting enemy targets below, raising white smoke. A U.S. Navy Lockheed T-2V Seastar jet training aircraft performing a roll in flight at high altitude with condensation trails visible behind its wingtip tanks. Brief views of air combat during the korean War. Navy Vought F8U supersonic Crusader aircraft in flight. An X-15 aircraft being dropped from underneath a U.S. Air Force B-52 jet bomber. It rockets away rapidly from the Bomber.
U.S. soldiers in Unter-Diessen, Germany during World War 2, as they close on Landsberg. American soldiers on motorcycles, trucks and other vehicles move through a village. A sign reads: 'UnterDiessen'. The military vehicles move past. Buildings in the area. The soldiers walk along a street. A soldier talks to civilians. A German civilian under guard digs up buried helmets and small arms.
A U.S. Army Air forces Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk airplane taxis and takes off from an airfield in the United States, that appears to have some construction work taking place on it (dump truck in background) during World War 2. The P-40's landing gear takes a long time to retract after takeoff, with the right gear lingering down, well after the left has retracted. Aloft, the P-40 maneuvers around a slow-moving light aircraft camera plane, joining up near it and flying rapidly away, and then diving toward it.
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