Men drive four vehicle-mounted wind machines across a grassy airfield at a U.S. Army glider pilot training school in Lockport, Illinois. They line the machines side-by-side creating a broad current of moving air that keeps a tethered glider airborne. An Army officer pilot trainee is seen in the open cockpit of the glider, manipulating the control stick to maneuver the craft, as it is suspended by the artificial wind, approximately six feet above the ground. He is observed by a group of men standing near a hangar, in the background, and several Army officers in the foreground.
Shows mechanical assembly line at Vultee Plant for production of warplanes in World War 2. Views of workers working at the Plant. Aircraft parts are conveyed through sites at which operations are performed in mechanized assembly line.
Views of open house at Boeing Aircraft plant in Seattle. Workers with their families entering the plant and inspecting planes.
Governor Spessard Holland of Florida gives diploma to the first British fliers who completed their training at Lakeland. Cadets receiving diplomas and standing in formation.
Chief of Air Corps Ferrying Command Colonel Robert Olds talking to pilots. Shows American planes, Lockheed Hudson taking off and in flight to Canada. Royal Air Force officer examining map. American bomber plane B-24s taking off and flying to England for use by British forces as part of lend-lease program in World War 2. Point of view shot inside cockpit of B-24 aircraft flying low.
Shows test flight of B-17E Flying Fortress aircraft. Aerial views of B-17E in flight
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