United States Army Air Corps aircraft. A Bell YFM-1 Airacuda taking off and seen in-flight. Close views of this unusual design with twin pusher-propellers behind greenhouse-nosed nacelles with cannons. American aircraft takes off from an airfield. Aerial views of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in flight. Close view of the cockpit area, and then side view of the entire aircraft in flight. A British Royal Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator takes off from an airfield and its landing gear is seen retracting horizontally beneath the wings.
United States Army paratroopers jump from a formation of U.S. Army Air Corps Douglas C-47 Skytrains (DC-3) in flight during exercises. White parachutes fill the sky. Aerial view of formation of Army Air Corps Vultee A-19 aircraft in flight. Aerial view of a formation of U.S. Army Air Corps Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft. Snowy mountain peak in the background.
Wilbur Wright in flight at elevation of 360 feet, in the Wright Model A flyer. Cut to post WWI and scenes of barnstormers performing acrobatic stunts and daredevil antics. Daredevil acrobat Jersey Ringel climbs on the wing of a plane in mid air and stands on it without wearing a safety harness. He waits for another airplane to pass close enough and then leaps from one plane to the next, grabbing a handle on the wing of the second plane. He suspends himself upside-down under the wing of the plane with painted name "Jersey Ringel" on the side and "JR" on the tail.
Exteriors of the White House. Men picket the White House. Men hold banners in their hands, promoting anti-war messages with the Korean War looming. Few of the banners read, 'Keep Our Fleet At Home- No Convoys No AEFs', 'Student Union Supports Peace Mobilization' and many other anti-war and pacifist banners.
Will Rogers and Wiley Post pose for pictures taken just before boarding Post's self-modified float plane that crashed en route to Point Barrow, Alaska, killing both Rogers and Post. The floatplane takes off from water. Map shows route: Juneau to Dawson, Fairbanks, Alaska; to Anchorage, Alaska and then back to Fairbanks. The words, "Point Barrow" animate on map - line running to Point Barrow, where the plane crashed after an engine failure, while taking off from a lagoon just outside of Point Barrow. Aerial views of the Arctic areas.
Aerial views of Washington DC and the Potomac River. The U.S. Capitol in the far background. Other famous building of the city. Exteriors of old stone house. Sign outside the house ' H Elmer Griffin Painter.' Exteriors of the Capitol building. Pedestrians walk outside the building.
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