Film opens showing the unsual sight of two United Airlines commercial DC-3 aircraft flying in formation as they approach Charleston Naval Base, South Carolina. View inside one of the airplanes shows high-ranking naval officers in mufti (civilian clothes) from various South American countries seated inside. Flags of their respective nations are displayed above their seats. Seen are flags of Venezuela; Chile; Mexico; Cuba; and others. Closeup of the the representative of Venezuela as he is joined by another officer and they converse. Closeup of others conversing. View out a passenger compartment window in the aircraft, showing the second DC-3 flying nearby. Scene shifts to the cockpit, where the copilot is seen at his position. View from the ground of one DC-3 landing and taxiing in, followed by the second plane. The passengers seen leaving one of the aircraft. They line up on the ramp, and are greeted individually by U.S. Navy Rear Admiral William H. Allen, Commander of the Sixth Naval District. A U.S. Navy Captain also greets them and is seen saluting one of them. The entire group poses in front of one of the airplanes. Next, sailors at the Naval Base are seen marching on the parade grounds. Standing to the side, in uniform, are the visiting Naval officers from the Americas. Closeup of them shows Admiral Allen in the front row with an admiral from Brazil to his left.
A test flight of a new USAAF (United States Army Air Force) Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft in Burbank, California. USAAF P-38s inside a hangar. Men seated on a wing of a P-38. The P-38 is pulled out of a hangar. A pilot wearing a mask on a bicycle. The pilot wearing a helmet and a mask gets in to the cockpit of the aircraft. The aircraft taxis and takes off. The P-38 in flight over the city. Mountains in the background.
Designer of U.S. fighter aircraft Igor Sikorsky sets a new record for hovering in air for 1:32 in Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter in Stratford, Connecticut. People stand around the VS-300. A three-blade rotor rotates. VS-300 raises up from the group. The VS-300 hovering in the air. The VS-300 lowers down on the ground. People cheer and wave to Sikorsky for setting a record. People stand around Igor Sikorsky. A man approaches Sikorsky to congratulate him.
Prime Minister of Australia Robert Gordon Menzies arrives for a meeting with U.S. officials in New York. Australian Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies gets off from a flying boat Boeing 314 Clipper. Men stand in the background. The Prime Minister is escorted by U.S. officials. The officials and the Prime Minister walk on a bridge.
USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) B-26 Marauder medium bombers at Glenn L. Martin Company plant in Baltimore, Maryland during World War II. A B-26 aircraft towed out of a hangar. B-26s parked at a field. Preflight inspection and testing of the B-26 aircraft is done under pressure of combat conditions. The B-26 Marauder takes off and is in flight. It lands.
Manufacture of USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) B-26 Marauder medium bombers at Glenn L. Martin Company plant in Baltimore, Maryland during World War II. Aircraft workers work on the nose section of B-26s. Wings of B-26s under construction. Workers use different machines and work on sections of the aircraft. A welder at work. Parts of aircraft waiting to be packed and assembled. Workers assembling parts of aircraft. Close up views of riveting and other join techniques. Nose and fuselage section of B-26 aircraft are joined. Wheels are taken towards the aircraft. Wings are joined. The engine is hoisted. A partially completed B-26 Marauder.