A new fighter plane tested in United States. Fighter plane parked on the airbase. Pilot in the cockpit. The plane takes off.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt reports on the Crimea meeting in Washington DC. Dignitaries and other officials gather at the Capitol building. The President addresses the dignitaries and explains them the purpose and the importance of the Crimea conference. People applaud.
A U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat airplane is seen parked on a ramp, with a bomb slung under its fuselage. The narrator identifies it as a "fire bomb," containing gel gasoline. Scene shifts to an F6F dropping one from several thousand feet, in a demonstration. The incendiary bomb creates a swath of fire along the ground, in the direction of flight. A flight of two F6Fs repeat the demonstration, dropping their bombs simultaneously, from a formation. Another drops a bomb on a pier at a waterfront. View to the rear from an airplane that just dropped a bomb in a wooded area. Views of actual U.S. 1st Marine Division operations on Peleliu, Palau Islands, during World War 2, showing F4U Corsair aircraft, flying low and slow, with gear down, dropping napalm incendiary bombs on Japanese troops dug in on a ridge. View of smoke rising from bomb strikes at targets near a river.
The launching of United States ships for France. Cargo ships launched at Housten in Texas. People gather at the shipyard. French crews stand at the shipyard. Dignitaries talk amongst themselves. The American flag is lowered from the flag pole on the ship and the French flag is hoisted. French soldiers stand in a line with their guns raised. Aircraft carrier Midway is launched at Newport News in Virginia. People gather at the launch of USS Midway. They celebrate the launch. Airplanes in formation. (World War II period).
Project Excelsior including scenes of high altitude parachute jumps in United States. View of gondola and balloon above the clouds. Captain Joseph Kittinger steps out of the gondola. He jumps out of the gondola.
The dummy and parachute land during Project Excelsior in United States. Inflated balloon ready for launch. Frame with two parachute dummies hung from crane hook. Launch of balloon and release of frame with dummies. Balloon and payload rise. The dummy from the balloon falls. The parachute deployed. Dummy and parachute land in desert.
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