From a history of the SR-71 development -- from conferences, through assembly, to operational flights of the aircraft, United States. VIP pilot Lieutenant General Paul K. Carlton getting outfitted in flight gear. Crew board the SR-71. SR-71 with rear cockpit modification taxis, takes off and lands. SR-71 Blackbird aircraft seen in flight from various angles, and landing with parachute deployment. Lt. General Paul K. Carlton exits the aircraft and is greeted by other Air Force staff. He is presented a plaque and seen smiling.
Madame Donnet in Washington DC. She boards the TWA airline. Constellation planes inaugurate the route from U.S. to Paris in16 hours. Madame Donnet, wife of the French ambassador stands at the ramp with flower bouquet. She christens the first plane with a compressed air gun. People watch. Other men board the plane. A man waves his hand towards people. The plane in flight.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill and United States Ambassador Winant in London, United Kingdom. They sign the Epochal treaty leasing Air and Naval bases to the United States in return for the fifty Destroyers. Men stand and watch the dignitaries signing the treaty.
An Eastern Air Lines DC-3-201B (NC21727) crashes in marshes southwest of Vero Beach, Florida. Another airplane is in flight over the area. Aerial view of crash scene from overflying aircraft. Men make their way in boat towards the crash. Views of the extensive damage from crash.
United States 501st Parachute Battalion in Fort Benning, Georgia. Airplanes on the air base. Paratroopers march. They board the planes. The airplanes in formation. Paratroopers jump from the planes in flight. They open their parachutes. They land.
Distillation of crude gasoline to remove impurities in United States. Still cleaners wear heavy clothing to protect themselves from intense heat. They work on the clearing of stills for further processing of the gasoline. The crude gasoline is placed into agitators for further purification. Gasoline is agitated with compressed air. Treatment operation is finished by washing with water. Crude gasoline is subjected to final distillation after chemical treatment for further purification. Further processing of the crude gasoline in the steam stills.
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