View of ground data collections at Cape Canaveral, Manchester, England, Singapore and Hawaii. Atlas D Missile on dolly. C-133B with its cargo doors open parked in the background. Atlas-Able 5A on launch pad. Aero jet General technicians work on the launch of second stage of Atlas-Able launch. Technicians manning consoles at missile block house. Atlas-Able 5A ignition and lift-off. Tracking station radar screen. Atlas-Able 5B on launch pad at prior dawn hour. Missile being launched with its lift off and climb. Atlas-Able 5B second stage explosion in air. Personnel in a meeting. Recovered missile parts.
B-25 of the U.S. Army Air Forces 321st Bombardment Group parked at Grottaglie Airfield in Italy, during World War 2. It displays nose art showing two cartoon characters and lettering reading: "Sylvester the Snarp." Two characters are shown. The smallest shoulders a bomb. Missions flown by the plane are recorded with bombs painted on its fuselage. Momentary glimpse of another B-25 parked in the distance. Scene shifts to aerial view of bends in the Volturno River near Capua, Italy. At lower right of image, smoke can be seen rising from explosions as bombs strike a bridge over the river and nearby roadways. View from overflying aircraft is obscured momentarily by cloud cover. Then network of roads is clearly seen. Scene shifts to B-25 bombers flying in formation.
Barrack bags of U.S. officers unloaded from B-17 at Atsugi Airdrome in Japan, soon after the end of World War 2. B-17 parked on runway. U.S. officers talk to Japanese officers alongside the B-17. Enlisted men load barracks bags on jeep. Jeep pulls out. Two Japanese soldiers go on bicycle. Steel structure of hangar in the background.
34th Tactical Group increases precautionary measures and aircraft buildup due to Viet Cong attacks at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam. Scenes of U.S. Air Force B-57C's parked. Captain in cockpit of B-57C' and Air Force personnel assist captain in getting into seat belt. Engines starts and black smoke arises from cartridge starters. Three B-57C aircraft taxi and take off. (Vietnam War period).
Military Airplane B-29 of 444th Bombardment Group in flight from Military Air Bases Kharagpur and Kudhkundah, India. B-29 of 40th, 444th, 462nd and 468th Bombardment groups, 20th Bomber Command in practice flight. Three airplanes in flight. 11 airplanes fly in formation. 12 B-29 airplanes fly in formation. Aerial view of Kharagpur. (World War II period).
CH-21 B lands and takes off from a helicopter pad at the Pentagon. Cars move on the street. Airplane in flight. Men on the airport. Other plane takes off. Trees along the sides of the street. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, Postmaster General Arthur E Summerfield and family walk to right beside Pentagon. VIP's arrive at helicopter pad and talk amongst themselves. Mr Summerfield boards CH-21 B. Secretary of labor James P Mitchell walks. Secretary Mitchell and Nelson A Rockefeller carry briefcases. An Air Force Officer greets them. They walk towards CH-21 B. Buildings in the background.
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