General Henry Arnold dispenses with his prepared remarks and gives impromptu speech about air power. General Arnold at the Casablanca conferences, seen with President Roosevelt and General Marshall and other Allied military leaders. British bombers departing on nighttime bombing raids. A submarine surfacing. Newspaper headlines report German torpedoing of the ships, SS Robin Moor and SS Sessa. B-24 Liberator bombers taxiing before takeoff. B-24 aircraft seen in flight on antisubmarine missions. View of German submarine surfacing. View from inside cockpit of B-24 flying low with camera pointing toward ocean below. View from aircraft flying low over submarine. Explosion in water. Aerial view of B-24 in flight and view of explosions in water as seen from aircraft in flight. General Arnold consulting with General Joseph Stilwell and Claire Chennault. They walk in front of line of P-40 Flying Tiger aircraft with tiger teeth painted on their noses. Snow-covered Himalaya Mountains shown as narrator discusses "airlift over the hump" in World War 2.
Sounds associated with air traffic control during Vietnam War. Fragments of conversation include "full left rudder";"Say again, you're garbled";"engaging, and disengaging";"Apache 254";"Gunfighter 5354 taxi to"and "Altimeter 30.02." The sound continues with similar conversations, plus sound of breathing and of a person whistling. The sound track is clearly a blend of intracockpit conversations with control tower instructions. In particular, the reference to an aircraft with "gunfighter" number indicates it involves the U.S. Air Force 366th Fighter Wing at Da Nang Air Base, vietnam.
Captured Viet Cong propaganda film shows methods and tactics of North Vietnamese fighters. Aircraft flies overhead. Viet Cong soldier looks through binoculars. Troops fire rifles and machine guns in battle. Viet Cong troops in dugout canoes with guns and radios. Soldier speaks over phone. Viet Cong troops inside tents. (Vietnam War period).
Nieuport fighter aircraft parked on airfield during World War I in France. "The Flying Fish" aircraft is seen, which was piloted by Captain Harry S. Gwynne. The plane fuselage and body are painted with a fish scale design and fish head on engine nacelle. First plane taxis out followed by other planes including the Flying Fish. Fleet of Nieuport fighter aircraft in flight. They land on open air field one after the other. Location is likely Issoudun, France.
Pilot and co-pilot seated inside Nieuport fighter aircraft parked on ground during World War I in France. Stick moved by student pilot. Instructor's hand upon the rear stick. Pilot operates the stick and pedal controls in instructor's compartment.
Officers and airmen work in aircraft assembly factory during World War I, France. Airmen assemble section of aircraft and check blueprints. Airmen put patch on aircraft inner tubes. Large racks of tires and tubes in the background. Supply section of the aircraft assembly factory shows pile of parts and equipment. Men move oxygen cylinders. Machines and operators in machine shop section. Propellers undergo repair at assembly. Two airmen place sections of wing into wing storage compartment. Men carry tail section, propellers and other parts.
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