United States Air Force General Nathan Farragut Twining and staff arrives in Munda, Solomon Islands during World War II. They arrive at the new headquarter in Munda. General Twining with staff arrives at USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress. They board the plane. They come out of the plane after reaching at the destination and sit in jeeps. The jeeps leave the area.
Workmen guide a truck carrying the top half of a wood frame house on a narrow path through woods. The truck in a large clearing in the woods. Next the bottom half of the house is seen with cables wrapped around it and a steel girder above. in the next scene, has been moved to the clearing and men stand atop it, while an 80 ton crane slowly raises the upper half and maneuvers it toward the lower half. The Crane belongs to the C.P. Ward Company, a New York State General Contractor Firm. The crane operator and workmen guide the upper half of the house into place.
Aero-Medical Field Laboratory tests at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. A dummy in spinal position 70 degrees moves on a rocked sled. A series of tests conducted on the rocket sled. Cars parked in the background. The head of the dummy comes off in one of the tests.
Aero-Medical Field Laboratory tests at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. Interiors of a laboratory shows technicians looking through microscopes. An airman operates a balance scale. Bottles on a shelf in the background. A technician places a cylinder in a horizontal position.
Charles Lindbergh's poses next to his airplane, the "Spirit of St. Louis." Ground crew push the airplane, tail first, out of a hangar on Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York. Its engine and nose are covered in canvas. Lindbergh shakes hands with an official. Ground crew top off the aircraft's fuel, by pouring several gallons into its tank from atop the wing. A man helps Lindbergh don his heavy flying coverall. The aircraft engine starts. Crowd surrounds the aircraft. Lindbergh climbs aboard and the "Spirit of St. Louis" starts its takeoff roll surrounded by group of people. Lindbergh makes a long takeoff roll, bouncing several times (once, quite hard) before breaking ground in a shallow climb.
Flight operations at Torokina Air Strip, Bougainville Island during World War 2. An airman refuels the drop tank on a P-39 Airacobra fighter aircraft. He closes the lid of the fuel tank. Airmen place the hose back on fuel truck.. Brief glimpse of a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) F4U Corsair aircraft taxiing past. A United States Army Air Forces Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft taxiing.
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