B-47 aircraft taxis onto end of runway in United States. It stops momentarily then starts take off roll. B-47 stationery on end of the runway, aircraft starts take off roll.
B-47 aircraft at Loring Air Force Base in Maine, United States. Two RATO equipped B-47's taxis from snow covered alert pad onto the air strip.
Covers the events just after the atomic bomb test (Operation Sandstone) on the Enewetak Atoll (sometimes spelled Eniwetok or Eniewetok) in Marshall Islands. Atomic cloud generated after the atomic explosion moves away from the atoll. Unmanned B-17 planes that have collected valuable traces of the atomic cloud are made to land. Radioactive data is collected from the B-17 aircraft by remotely operated forceps. A tank, remotely controlled from a helicopter,digs out sand to collect samples on the Enewetak Atoll. Men dressed in protective clothing search the rubble on the atom blasted island. Valuable data is collected from the island and sent to the laboratories in America for analysis. Scientists perform analysis of the collected data, helping in the further development of atomic energy.
38th and 338th Fighter Squadron P-38H's taxi round perimeter track at Nuthampstead and take-off down main runway. Some of the planes take off in pairs and others singly. Among those seen are , Lt. Jerry Ayers' P-38H coded CG-Q and Lt. Stanley Richardson's P-38H coded CL-X. Views of 55th Fighter Group P-38H planes escorting 91st Bomb Group B-17Fs in European Theater of Operations. Flights of P-38 planes position themselves to protect B-17 formations. Crew officers (including Capt. Hancock of the 38th FS) observe the activities from ground. The P-38s return to land. One P-38 releases drop tank over the airfield before landing. (World War II period).
Bombing campaigns in German-occupied Northern France and in Wuppertal, Germany. Two aviators from free French squadrons stationed in England climb into A-20 "Boston Bombers". View of bombers in flight low over water and then over towns of northern France. A-20s along with B-25 bombers bomb industrial areas over northern France. Views of smoke clouds, destroyed targets and impact of bombing. Dutch squadrons in B-25 aircraft attacking Nazi harbor installations. Aerial view of Wuppertal Germany being bombed at night. (World War II period).
Bombs seen falling from bomb bay of a U.S.9th Army Air Force B-25 Mitchell bomber in an air raid on Isernia, Italy, during World War 2. (The film's slate spells it Iserna.) Aerial view of explosions on the ground and smoke rising. Views of other B-25s in the attacking formation.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.