Mechanics of the U.S. Army Air Forces 80th Fighter Squadron ("Headhunters") perform maintenance on a P-38 Lightning aircraft in New Guinea, during World War 2. A small dog stands on the wing next to men as they work on an engine. Two flights of four P-38s fly in in formation. A squadron of P-38s seen in flight. Several different views of the P-38s in formation with clouds behind. One scene shows P-38s illuminated by sunlight from above against contrasting dark water below. View from cockpit of a P-38 with pilot visible and another P-38 seen through cockpit window. Pilot waves at the other P-38 which rocks its wings. A P-38 passes in opposite direction.
Pilots of the U.S. Army Air Forces 80th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Group, ("Headhunters") ride on hood of a jeep to their P-38 aircraft during World War 2. Squadron Commander, Ace, Major Jay T. Robbins, stands in front of a P-38, with his hand on a propeller.(Film is reversed). He converses with crew chief. P-38s taxiing out for a mission. A crewman wearing a headset climbs out of cockpit of a P-38 and slides down the its wing. View from another airplane, in flight, of a P-38 making a pass close to the camera plane. Aerial view of a military installation on the ground.
November 25, 1943 13th Air Force, South Pacific,during World War 2. A flight of three P-38s in formation with cumulus clouds behind them. Two are being photographed from the third airplane. The lead P-38 demonstrates ability to improve performance for aerial combat, by jettisoning its long range 250 gallon drop tanks and accelerating ahead of the other aircraft.
Clip begins in Peenemunde Germany, during World War 2. You can see the huge assembly building at test stand 7. Doors of the assembly building slide to open. Mobile propulsion unit taken for tests of A-4 missile. Next shots are from Kummersdor. Fire comes out from rear part of an A-5 rocket during fire-test. Repeated scenes of test firing from various directions.
Rocket mobile propulsion unit in Peenemunde Germany, in World War 2. Mobile propulsion unit come out from the assembly building at test stand 7. Different directional views of jet during fire-test. Smoke spreads all over from exhaust emissions.
A truck pulls a missile, on a trailer, to the launch area of test stand number 10, at Peenemunde Germany, during World War 2. Test center workmen move a firing stand assembly close to the trailer, as officials watch. The missile is tilted at an angle against the stand, as German officers and officials walk around examining it. A truck drives away from the site. Other specialized vehicles are seen. One drives away pulling the mobile launch stand assembly. Test center workers run about the site making quick preparations, as officials observe. Vapors rise from what looks like a large storage tank in the field. Vehicles approach the tank. A truck tows another mobile stand assembly onto the field.
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