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British and American military jet airplanes in early 1950s.

Gloster Meteor jet airplanes of the British Royal Air Force in operation during the early 1950s. A Gloster Meteor F.4 taxiing. View of a U.S. Boeing B-47 Stratojet forward nose wheel and surrounding area. A Gloster Meteor F.4 takes off. A flight of three Meteors fly low and peel off in 360 overhead approaches for landing at an airfield. A brief view of a U.S. F-80 Shooting Star jet fighter taking off.

Date: 1953
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044932
The Seabees construct an airstrip at Munda Point in the Solomon Islands during World War II. Daily progress seen over 5 days.

Activities of the Seabees at Munda Point in the Solomon Islands during World War 2. Views of utter destruction from the U.S bombardment of Munda. Destroyed buildings, facilities, Japanese airplanes and dead Japanese soldiers. Leafless trees and damaged wooded area. Seabees commence cleanup and construction. They cremate and bury the dead Japanese. Trucks and bulldozers move over muddy terrain to level the land to construct an airstrip. Views of the steady progress of construction over the period from August 8 to August 12, 1943. The airstrip is completed within 5 days. On the 5th day a Navy F4F aircraft lands on the coral runway. . The pilot in the cockpit smiles. The Spirit of 76 is painted on his airplane. Views of other F4Fs landing on the coral runway.

Date: 1943, August 8
Duration: 3 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044970
Project engineer views a film taken during a test and writes a report, United States.

Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. Tufts attached to wings of F-86 aircraft. A project officer climbs into the cockpit of F-86 aircraft and places film pack in camera, mounted on the rear of the pilot's seat. Officer talks to the pilot. Plane takes off. Project engineer views the film taken during test on 16 mm moviola and writes a report. Electronic flight stimulator F-86.

Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048853
Wind tunnel, Aero Med lab and Wright Memorial in Ohio, United States.

Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. Air to air hits on MIG-15 aircraft. Supersonic propellers turned by men at test stands. Newspaper headline reads 'Reds invade South Korea'. United States F-86 aircraft in flight and then stationary on ground. A split frame picture shows F-59 dives low, F-86 D stationary, Martin Matador being launched, X-1 aircraft in flight and a document 'Nuclear Powered Aircraft'. An animation on training bases and logistics system. Wind tunnel at Wright airfield. Milling machine in operation at a machine shop. A typist at work, Flight engineer inside B-50 aircraft. Project engineer of B-50 aircraft studies the instruments and records aircraft performance. Aerial views of Wright air field with wind tunnel, Aero Med lab and Wright memorial. A B-47 flies overhead the Wright memorial.

Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048864
U.S. 11th Airborne units arrive at Ashiya Air Base in Japan and Kimpo Airdrome in Korea for attack on Seoul, Korea.

Focuses on Korean War (1950-1953). U.S. 11th Airborne units arrive at Ashiya Air Base to carry out Seoul operations in Korea. Soldiers unload equipment from truck at air base. Sign on building reads 'Ashiya Air Base, Base Operations'. Paratroopers board planes. Plane takes off from runway. Road sign reads 'Kimpo Airdrome Stop Military Police Check Point'. Plane taxis at Kimpo air base in Korea. Men disembark from plane. Wounded soldiers on stretcher taken into plane. Boats are carried out of cargo planes at air base. Air University Commanding General George C Kenney, and Commanding General of Far East Forces (former commander of U.S. forces) Carl Spaatz, arrive at Kimpo air base for inspection. Captured IL-10 plane parked in the background in hangar. Men manning Grumman F7F Tigercat aircraft. F7Fs in flight line.

Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052171
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) maneuvers (Operation Strikeback). Aircraft carrier operations.

Seal of Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Image of rotating world globe. A map shows the location of the Atlantic on world map. View from bridge of a large warship underway in rough Atlantic waters. Heavy naval guns in view. Water breaks completely over the bow of the ship. A destroyer cruises by at high speed. Flotilla of warships including aircraft carrier and destroyers. Viewed from above, aircraft carrier, USS Forrestal (CVA-59) cruising at high speed in the Atlantic. A British, English Electric F.1 fighter is raised, from below, to a carrier deck. Point of view shot from cockpit of an aircraft as it is catapulted and takes off from aircraft carrier. View from beneath of U.S. Navy Douglas F4D fighter aircraft. F4D Skyray maneuvering in flight and releasing ordnance at top of climb. Aerial view of atomic bomb explosion in an ocean or sea.

Date: 1957
Duration: 3 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054407