The sole remaining (of 2) Martin XB-51 Bomber aircraft, stationed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, taxis and takes off at El Paso International Airport. Moments after breaking ground on takeoff, this first prototype, number 46-0685, settles back onto the runway and crashes in fire and smoke. Flight engineer, S/Sgt. Wilbur R. Savage, of Rte. 3, Dawsonville, Georgia is killed in the crash and Maj. James O. Rudolph, pilot, succumbed to his injuries the next month.
A U.S. Task Force destroys Japanese aircraft in the Northern Mariana Islands during World War II. The Japanese aircraft in flight. A U.S. war ship in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. soldiers at a gun barrel. Explosions in the air. A Japanese aircraft catches fire and plunges in the sea.
The U.S. aircraft attack the Japanese base in Truk, Caroline Islands during World War II . Animation depicts the Japan occupied Marshall Island and the Japanese base in Truk. The U.S. aircraft stationed at the aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean. The pilot gets into the cockpit of the aircraft. View of firing in air. The Japanese aircraft being attacked. The U.S. aircraft takes off from the deck of the aircraft carrier. The Japanese vessels circle in sea to escape. The Japanese vessel being bombed. The U.S. aircraft bomb the Japanese ground installations. Aerial view of the bombed installations. The U.S. aircraft in flight while returning back to the aircraft carrier. The aircraft lands on the deck. Another aircraft with on of the wheel collapsed lands. The injured pilot being carried on a stretcher.
The U.S. Army CH-54 Tarhe helicopter at the Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A United States Army helicopter CH-54 Tarhe lands. Jeep pushes pod unit into place under the CH-54. The soldiers push the pod unit. They fix the pod unit to the helicopter. The CH-54 with pod lifts off.
The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. A group of U.S. Marine pilots sit. Some pilots stand around and discuss air tactics. The pilots examine a situation map. An officer looks at the map. Bombs on dollies being towed towards aircraft. The marines examine the bombs on the dollies. The aircraft in the background.
View of the Joan of Arc Junior High School building at 154 W 93rd Street, on the upper West side of Manhattan, New York City. children are seen entering the building. A larger, more modern school is also shown. Camera, in upper floor classroom window, pans from playground below to interior of the classroom. Students sit at a long table where ledger books are being handed out for students to work with. Scene shifts to school library, where students are studying. A boy day dreams about his future occupation. He imagines being a cowboy; or a speedboat driver; or launching into the air in his speedboat, which transforms into an airplane, in which he does a loop. The boy is seen with his parents at a conference with the school principal. He is seen at the blackboard in a math class, and later in a classroom full of students all opening personal copies of a newspaper. He uses a saw in a woodworking class, and works at a lathe, in a machine shop. He meets with a teacher who discusses his progress.
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