A Dornier DOX flying boat aircraft lands in New York, United States on August 5th, 1931. Dornier DOX flying boat in flight with the pilot at controls. A mechanic fixes up an engine while the flying boat is in flight. Passengers aboard the airborne plane. Passengers dance in the aircraft. Control room of the flying boat. Navigators at a plotting board. Flying boat flies over the Statue of Liberty. Chef prepares food aboard the luxury flying boat. People eat sandwiches. Aerial views of Manhattan. Flying boat comes in for landing on Hudson river. Flying boat on the river with buildings in the background. Two men raise a flag on the wing of DOX.
Coverage of project to determine the most effective means for destroying Japanese-type cave positions at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. Paper with typewritten introduction. U.S. Air Force P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft in a napalm incendiary bomb attack. U.S. B-25H Mitchell bomber fires 75mm cannon and U.S. Army Air Force P-47N Thunderbolt fighter aircraft fires 11.75 inch Tiny Tim rocket at targets on hillside. Mountainous terrain and caves similar to Japanese positions on island. Tall Boy (12,000 pound HE bomb) being hoisted from a trailer. U.S. P-38 parked with napalm bombs under wing. P-47N with 11.75 inch Tiny Tim rocket on launcher rail. U.S. Army Air Forces A-26 Invader bomber plane in flight and fires Tiny Tim rocket. Ordnance men load 75mm rounds into B-25H equipped with APG-13B radar ranging device. Gun crew fires 105mm howitzer at hillside. (World War II period).
Coverage of a project to determine the most effective means for destroying Japanese-type fortifications at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. U.S. Army Air Force P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft drops napalm incendiary bombs on hillside. Explosion throws billows of smoke in air. (World War II period).
A report on United States Air Force C-123B assault transport aircraft performance in field assault condition and loading tests at various air bases in the United States. An airman sets up equipment for test at Eglin AFB in Florida. The airman standing beside a USAF truck notes down on a paper. The airman walks along a rugged field where C-123B successfully landed. Members of the crew board a C-123B. The aircraft takes off from very rough and sandy ground. A U.S. Air Force cameraman records as the aircraft takes off. The airman talks over a radio. The C-123B lands over a 50 feet obstacle. It lands successfully in an excessive nose-down altitude. A load test on a C-123B at Pope AFB in North Carolina. The cargo door of the C-123B opens up. A jeep rolls out along the ramp of the C-123B. Jeeps are driven out of the aircraft. A field ambulance being driven into the C-123B. A truck mounted crane shovel loader being loaded on the C-123B.
A report on United States Air Force C-123B assault transport aircraft performance test at Ardmore Air Force Base in Oklahoma. Nine C-123Bs taxi, make cross-wind take offs and in flight. Two C-123Bs land on a dirt strip. U.S. troops board a C-123B. Litter patients loaded into a C-123B at a simulated front line casualty station. The C-123B takes off from the dirt strip.
U.S. Air Force B-36 Peacemaker bomber aircraft at Fort Worth Air Base in Texas. USAF personnel stand around B-36 parked in a hangar. Two 42,000 lb. bombs being loaded on B-36 aircraft. A bomb is raised via lift into aircraft. Bomb appears to be a T-12 Cloudmaker "Earthquake bomb." Man writes something on the casing of the bomb, kisses his own hand and slaps it against the bomb casing, smiling. More scenes of the bomb being loaded.
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