General activities on USS Hornet in the Pacific show the preparation for the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bombers on the deck of USS Hornet. U.S. General James Doolittle talks to U.S. Admiral William Hasely. Crewmen turn the propellers. Pilots and crewmen around a B-25. The B-25 on the deck. Pilots stand in a group on the deck. A pilot in the cockpit. Insignia of the United States. Ships in the background.
B-26 aircraft landing in Tunisia. B-26 being refueled from 4 or 5 gallon gasoline cans. Airmen throw them to the ground as they empty them. American airman examining hole in bomber from attack. Tail of bomber riddled with machine gun holes. A USAAF P-38 fighter landing and a B-26 bomber landing. (World War II period).
Footage outtakes from the film "Memphis Belle". A high altitude view of an area in England near the B-17 base. A view of the B-17 base from a B-17 in flight. Final approach and view through front of plane as it is about to land on runway.
Ceremonies at the dedication of U.S. Army Air Corps (AAC) base McChord Field near Tacoma in Pierce County, Washington. A large crowd gathered for the event. USAAC Douglas B-18 Bolos and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses on the ramp. Several aircraft parked around hangars. The spectators cheer and clap. B-18As in flight overhead. People watch the airplanes in flight.
United States Army Air Force Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, used by 303rd Bomb Group, in England during World War II. An aircraft in flight over the clouds. B-17 Flying Fortresses in flight. The aircraft leave behind contrails. A B-l7 named 'Hunga-Dunga' with its right landing gear collapsed. A tank drives past.
Speed and altitude tests being conducted by Bell X-1 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. U.S. Air Force B-29 Superfortess in flight with U.S. Air Force Bell X-1 under its wing. Speed and Mach attainment painted on fuselage of the aircraft. Bell X-1 aircraft releases from B-29 mid flight and begins a solo flight circa 1947. Next scene shows the X-2 released from a B-50 circa 1955. Animation shows radar tracking flight course details for the future X-15. It also depicts its course of flight and the landing of X-15.
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