Subject is the 1926 Ford "National Air Tour for the Edsel B. Ford Reliability Trophy," which started at Ford Field, Dearborn, Michigan, on August 7, 1926. Film opens showing a parked biplane with tandem open cockpits. It has an unusual exhaust gathering container atop its engine and an exhaust pipe extending straight down below the fuselage. Camera shows the same aircraft from the rear, with hangar and terminal building in background. Another parked biplane displays the number "19." It is equipped with small interconnected wing flaps on its upper and lower wings. Next is seen a Woodson Model 2-A Biplane with number 14 on its fuselage and another biplane marked Number 11. Closeup of Henry Ford leaning out of a car, talking with a cinematographer, holding a camera, and reporters. A large group of persons involved in the events pose for a photograph. The camera pans across them as they pose in front of a hangar. Scene shifts to spectators crowding around a Ford-Stout 2-AT aircraft as it begins its takeoff roll. Camera follows the airplane as it continues and becomes airborne.
Victory Day parade in Tunis, Tunisia during World War II. Troops of Allied nations march during the parade. Robed British and French troops marching in the parade. A crowd gathered on the side of the road. A few United States Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bombers in formation flight above the parade ground. An army band moving in the parade. American soldiers march during the parade. Troops marching across a reviewing stand. American, French and British flags hoisted on poles on the reviewing stand. Several fighter aircraft in formation flight. Soldiers holding guns march with the officers leading the parade.
An American aircraft carrying French General Charles De Gaulle's arrives in Algiers during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Forces Lockheed B-34 Ventura aircraft taxis after landing. Cameramen in the foreground. Many crowd around De Gaulle's airplane, including a number of French officers.
U.S. Air Force X-15A rocket powered aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. An X-15A aircraft being fueled at the air base. Gas hoses lead to the X-15A aircraft. A technician speaks over a wireless. Fuel tankers near a USAF NB-52B Stratofortress aircraft as they fuel an X-15 A aircraft attached under its wing.
United States Army General Dwight David Eisenhower aboard the USS Des Moines (CA-134) in the Pacific Theater. Dwight David Eisenhower talks to United States Navy Admiral Robert Bostwick Carney and Vice Admiral Matthias B. Gardner on the flag bridge of the ship. A signalman sends a message with a blinker light. USS Leyte moves left to right in the sea. The blinker light flashes. A sailor uses the blinker signal. USS Des Monies moves through water.
A film about missile launches in the United States. A United States Air Force (USAF) Boeing B-52 Stratofortress aircraft in flight. A AGM-28 Hound Dog missile drops from the aircraft.
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