An interview of United States Air Force Lieutenant General Ira Eaker conducted by Dr. Maurer in the United States. General Eaker talks about problems during World War II. He says that the aircraft were very crude, they were having limited range and other limitations. Other problems were also there. In the Philippines they realized that they should be able to do bombing. But they were not having any bombs.
U.S. soldiers in Russia during World War II. The Russians perform in front of U.S. soldiers. A board reads: 'To-night Show and Dance Show starts at 6:30 pm. All Base Personnel Invited'. Soldiers and officers seated on the ground to watch the show. Men singing on the stage. The soldiers applaud. A performer speaks to them. Women performing a folk song. Russian soldiers perform. The soldiers sing and dance. U.S. soldiers watch the performance and applaud. Women and children in uniform standing. Russian children seated with U.S. soldiers. The soldiers dance with Russian girls. An orchestra plays.
U.S. Army Air Corps Third Aviation Instruction Center in Issoudun, France during World War I. Students standing near an airplane. One of the students sits in the cockpit. The airplane taxis and takes off. Other airplanes parked on the airfield. The airplane in flight overhead. The students demonstrate maneuvers.
U.S. Army Air Corps Third Aviation Instruction Center in Issoudun, France during World War I. Pilot and gunner U.S. Army students practice aiming machine guns on tripods at mock aircraft targets, simulating potential views during aerial dogfight combat. Officers instruct them. The targets are models of airplanes on stands, and they are pivoted into different positions for the soldiers to review.
U.S. Army Air Corps Third Aviation Instruction Center in Issoudun, France during World War I. Students fire pistols at target boards. An officer instructs them. A soldier fires a pistol at a target board. Another soldier fires his pistol at a moving target of an airplane that moves horizontally across the target range on a wire.
U.S. Army Air Corps Third Aviation Instruction Center in Issoudun, France during World War I. Nieuport XXVII airplanes parked at an airfield. Students working on the airplanes. A band plays. Students stand nearby and watch. Some of the airplanes are dismantled by the students. Buildings in the background. The students work on the airplanes.
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