A B-52, modified as a mother ship, is seen in flight, with an X-24 lifting body aircraft suspended beneath it. (A slot was cut in the right wing which was fitted with a special pylon for carrying research aircraft.) No significant movements are seen, as the B-52 cruises smoothly at altitude for much of the beginning of the film. Commencing at TC: 01:26, Rear paddle-style flight controls are moved and and adjusted on the X-24. At TC: 04:53, the X-24 emits smoke and again, at TC: 05:27. At TC :05:36, the engine of the X-24 is running and the lifting body aircraft drops vertically away from the B-52, which then continues its cruise at altitude. (Note: the film is reversed so the right wing appears as the left one.)
U.S. airplanes go into action as a feature of the Navy relief fund drive, San Diego. Airplanes bomb 'dummy' houses and buildings. Smoke rises from bombed targets. Troops and tanks advance on field. Troops in prone position fire rifles. Airplanes in flight overhead and troops advance in a scattered formation on field.
American aviator Howard Hughes testing his H-1 Racer plane, Los Angeles. Hughes stands by his H-1 Racer plane. Crowd and hangar in background. Hughes boards his plane. Hughes H-1 Racer taxis on runway. Plane lands after short test flight.
Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat,is prepared fot maiden flight. Barrier is removed by engine driven cable and lines are cast off. Crew boards. Crowd assembles to watch. Howard Hughes goes aboard. and access ladder is removed. The flying boat is towed out of its berth.
Aerial view of warships from the U.S. Fleet, anchored in formation in San Francisco harbor. Change of scene to the bridge of the USS Houston, where President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Rear Admiral Claude C. Bloch watch as ships of the Fleet pass in Review. Aerial view of the fleet spread out with sun beginning to set.
Hunting birds in United States. Wild geese and ducks in flight while they migrate. Huntsmen shoot down the birds at Tule Lake. Men hold shot down birds.
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