Departure of United States Army Major General Charles Andrew Willoughby from Yokohama, Japan. Sailors stand beside the railing of a deck. The sailors pull up a rope. People stand on the ship.
Activity aboard USS Los Angeles (CA-133) in Yokosuka, Japan. United States sailors remove a gangway with the help of a crane. A group of sailors pull a rope. The sailors scrub the deck aboard USS Los Angeles while officers watch them perform their task.
Activity aboard USS Los Angeles (CA-133) in Yokosuka, Japan. United States sailors start a drone power unit which is placed on a stand. An auxiliary power unit is used to start the drone. The engine starts with front propeller in motion. A group of sailors observe the drone power unit. They adjust gas mixtures after the drone is started.
Activity aboard USS Los Angeles (CA-133) in Yokosuka, Japan. United States sailors mount 30 caliber machine guns on a helicopter. They fire Quad 40mm guns rotating the turret in various directions. The sailors secure the helicopter in rainstorm on the wet deck. The pilot and other officers board the helicopter and strap themselves. The helicopter takes off from USS Los Angeles deck.
Activity aboard USS Los Angeles (CA-133) in Yokosuka, Japan. Turrets of Quad 40mm guns aboard USS Los Angeles. The ship sails smoothly on the water surface.
Early history of flight with various ornithopters and flying contraptions. A bicycle-powered 8-winged airplane collapses in front of a hangar during takeoff attempt. Man wearing a set of wings, and a tail, tries to fly by running and also by jumping off a large rock. The so-called Pitt Sky Car in action. A car equipped with an umbrella-like rotor intended for vertical takeoff. It simply jumps up and down. A man riding a bicycle being propelled in part by a pack of rockets burning behind his seat. It gets too hot and he abandons the bicycle just before the rocket pack explodes. Animated discussion of Newton's 3rd law of motion and its relevance to the jet airplane engine. Diagrams and illustrations. A Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star aircraft taking off, and in flight, with its speed brake extended. View of General Electric jet engine, circa 1951, that delivers over 5800 pounds of thrust. These engines being produced in the GE plant at Lynn, Massachusetts and the new (1951) GE plant at Lockland Ohio.
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