Kodiak Alaska USA 1953 stock video footage and royalty free HD video clips and photos.(page 1223).

Air Force test pilot, Major R.L. Johnson, sets speed record in U.S. Air Force North American F-86A airplane number FU-611

Air Force Test pilot, Major R.L. Johnson, boards North American F-86A armaments test Sabrejet aircraft number FU-611 at Muroc Air Base (soon after renamed Edwards Air Force Base). Ground crew assists the pilot with chute. Pilot puts on the helmet and oxygen mask. Aircraft taxis. Aircraft in level flight -- extends and retracts speed brakes. Plane rolls to its right and dives. Men at monitoring post on the ground. Aircraft performs several low level high speed passes.Plane lands, and Major Johnson hops out of cockpit all the way to ground where he is congratulated by another Air Force major and ground crew personnel. He puts cigarette in his mouth and feels in his flight suit for a lighter. Major Johnson set an official record of 670.981 mph by flying four times over a 1.86-mile course at altitudes below 150 feet.

Location: Muroc California USA

Date: 1948, September 15

Duration: 5 min 45 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Clip: 65675040231

Views of Northrop YB-49 "Flying Wing" heavy bomber prototype in flight. Views of B-47 aircraft taking off.

Northrop heavy bomber YB-49 in flight over mountains and landing at Muroc, California. The aircraft was sometimes called a "flying wing" or boomerang due to its appearance. Several scenes of B-47 aircraft taking off.

Location: Muroc California USA

Date: 1952

Duration: 48 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Clip: 65675040232

Air Force firepower demonstration using B-26,B-17, F-80, and P-61 aircraft

Air Force personnel look towards the skies. Bombers in flight drop bombs at rocky areas. Smoke rises from the heavy blast. Flaming fields. Bomber flies low. Another blast raises huge clouds of smoke. Many planes drop bombs, flying low. Aircraft seen in this firepower demonstration include: B-26, B-17,F-80 and P-61 aircraft. The bombers are also seen in flying in formations.

Location: United States USA

Date: 1950

Duration: 1 min 56 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Clip: 65675040233

Airborne operations demonstration shows paratroops and supplies being dropped from C-119 aircraft. 100 ton tank demonstrated

C-119 (Flying Boxcar) Aircraft takes off. Formation of C-119s in flight. Rear door of plane opens and pallet of supplies is dropped. Paratroopers jump from the planes. Paratroopers land. An army 2 1/2 ton truck moves at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. A 100 ton tank is shown next to a normal size tank and it is shown operating in water.

Location: United States USA

Date: 1950

Duration: 53 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Clip: 65675040234