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P-26 Marauder bomber aircraft in flight over Germany.
B-26 Marauder aircraft in Germany. B-26 taxiing on a runway. B-26 in flight. B-26's starboard prop slowing, milling, being feathered, then restarting. Landing gear of plane is lowered.
Allied aircraft lay mines in Pacific Theater during World War II.
'Aerial mine laying blockades Japanese shipping' depicts Allied preparations and Operations of the 21st Bomber Command, for aerial dropping of mines in the Pacific ocean to thwart Japanese shipping in World War 2. . Rows of stacked bombs are shown in a munitions dump at Tinian Air Base in the Mariana Islands. Camera focuses on a 2000 pound MK25 mine. Men demonstrate hydrostatic safety devices on the mine, including an extender that holds the detonator away from the booster charge until sufficiently immersed, and a clock delay mechanism. MK 25 transported to B-29 aircraft named Flak Alley Sally. (This is B-29 Number 42-24878 of the 40th Bomb Squadron, 6th Bomb Group, 313th Bomb Wing.) Airmen attach a parachute to the end of the mine. Another inserts the detonator and its extender plus the timer device into the side of the mine. Soluble washers are then placed in arming device ports. Scene shifts to Army and Navy planners working with maps, dividers, and a Weems plotter to mark the target location and mine laying pattern. 313th Bombardment Wing Group Commanders are seen being briefed in a war room. Next, engines are seen starting on a B-29, that then takes off and is seen in flight.(Narrator notes that missions are flown at night, but this one is photographed in the day to show how it is done. View of B-29 cruising above clouds. View from inside the aircraft, of bomb bay slowly opening. View of the target area below. The parachute of a mine opens by a static line as it falls from the bomb bay. Scene shifts to water level closeup of a mine striking the water. ('Presumably a demonstration inserted here.) Final scene shows a Navy Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger torpedo bomber dropping a parachute equipped mine. in the same location.
Several aircraft being launched from the flight deck of USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea.
USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Navy SH-3D Sea King helicopter in flight off the side of USS Ranger. The helicopter lifts off. A U.S. Navy KA-3B Skywarrior aircraft being launched. A U.S. Navy A-7B Corsair II being launched from the angle deck and becomes airborne. An F-4J Phantom II aircraft taxis on the deck of USS Ranger, turning completely around. The A-7B seen airborne in the background after being launched from the angled deck. U.S. Navy A-6A Intruder aircraft taxiing on the deck. Two A-6As on the angle deck being prepared for a launch. One A-6A is launched. The second A-6A on launch. U.S. Navy C-1A Trader aircraft taxiing slowly on the deck. The F-4J aircraft in flight. The A- 7B in flight with its wheels down.
Assembly of liberty ships at Kaiser Shipyards, assembly of airplanes at aircraft factories in America during World War II
Opening scene shows U.S. Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, demonstrating, on a scale model, how prefabricated parts are assembled into a Liberty Ship, in World war 2. Closeup shows each section of ship labeled by number and name, such as, “Transverse Bulkhead, number 44.” Scene shifts to Permanente Metals Corporation No. 2 shipyard in Richmond, California, where Liberty ships are seen in various stages of construction. Views of keels being laid, superstructures being raised into position, View from interior as skeleton of a ship is being completed. Sign atop the Liberty Ship, Robert E. Peary, as it is being launched, announces that it was completed from keel laying, to launch, in 4 days, 15 hours and 29 minutes. (This was a record for shortest time.) Camera view of the Robert E. Peary, from across the yard area where she was built. A brief view of shipyard activity at night, followed by camera panning over shipyard in daytime. Change of scene to an aircraft factory where B-17 bomber aircraft are being built. Women are seen riveting inside a plane’s fuselage. Other women work on a vertical stabilizer and still others work inside airplane structural members Men assemble an aircraft engine. Women fasten parts of engines together. Engines move through the plant on overhead cranes. An engine and propeller being placed into position on a wing with use of a crane. A right wing with two engines installed is moved into position for installation on a B-17 aircraft. Scene shifts to other aircraft factories building Martin Marauder B-26 aircraft; P-47 fighter aircraft;Navy Catalina aircraft; Douglas A-20 fighter bomber aircraft; and more B-17 bomber aircraft.
Preparations for bombing, and bombing of Tokyo, Japan, by the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II.
From "The Last Bomb", shows U.S. Army Air Forces conventional bombing of Japan in 1945, during World War 2. Map shows take off points in Saipan, Guam and Tinian. Guam Island shores. Houses and mountains in Guam. Civilians in village. U.S. military equipment, ammunition, vehicles and aircraft parked at airfield. Men around tents. Men at airfield engaged in morning activities. B-29 aircraft parked and others taxi at airfield. Technicians work on aircraft engines. Men manning B29s. Men board B29s. Sign reads 'Headquarters XXI Bomber Command'. General Curtis LeMay around chart planning raid on Japan's industrial areas. Other officers in room. Officer stand up as General Curtis leaves. Officers discuss the plan of attack. Bombs including GP bombs transferred at airfield. Submarines speed up in water to take up positions. Officers at headquarters in discussion. Officers talk on phone. Officer around flight status panel carry out visual progress of the flights. Officer marks positions. Time table for statistics of each wing on wall. B29s taxis for take off at airfield.
American planes in flight, a plane drops a bomb on a grassland and men load cargo planes in Northern California, United States.
World Airways Today and Tomorrow shows various civilian and military aircraft being used for various purposes. Birds in flight over a water body. An autogyro in flight. A low wing monoplane performs a roll. A military Boeing 314 clipper aircraft in flight. A TWA (Trans World Airlines) DC-2 aircraft on takeoff with one gear up and the other landing gear of the passenger aircraft still extended. "The Lindbergh Line" painted on its fuselage. A B-29 aircraft in flight. Formation of B-26 bombers in flight above clouds. A B-29 dropping bombs. Bombs away view from bomber aircraft as bombs are released from open bomb bay doors. Explosions on ground targets in World War II as U.S. Army Air Force B-26s drop bombs. A United Airlines DC-2 passenger airplane in flight over a city. China Clipper seaplane taking off. Aerial view of China Clipper aircraft (Martin M-130 four-engine flying boat built for Pan American Airways) in flight over the partially completed Golden Gate Bridge, while still under construction, in San Francisco, California, circa mid 1930s. Lockheed Constellation passenger plane climbing over mountains. Baggage handlers loading cargo and baggage into United Airlines DC-3. (World War II period).
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