Experimental Martin XB-51 aircraft lands and makes long ground roll on runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California
The Aisne-Marne Operation in France during World War 1. American Expeditionary Forces (AEC) 111th Infantry contingent bivouacked on side of a hill in Crezeney, France. Their horses graze in field below. Closeup of soldiers drinking directly from a small pond, and filling containers with water from it. Battle-damaged buildings in the background. Scene shifts to U.S. 119th Field Artillery, near Mount Saint Martin in Lorraine. A gun crew is seen behind an entrenched French heavy gun (Canon de 155mm Long Mle 1917 GPF). Views of the gun breech and open split tail carriage. Closeup of Gunner cranking a control wheel to elevate the gun barrel. He then makes some fine aiming adjustments. Camera focuses on a soldier standing near a large tree trunk and then pans over to the gunner adjusting aim of the 155mm gun. Scene shifts to another gun crew in some shrubbery, firing a French 75 field piece.
The exercise wind chill at the Thule Air Base in Greenland. A long line of the U.S. Air Force Douglas C-124 Globemaster on snow covered ramp. The U.S. troops stand near the aircraft. Troops prepare to board the aircraft.
View of the Joan of Arc Junior High School building at 154 W 93rd Street, on the upper West side of Manhattan, New York City. children are seen entering the building. A larger, more modern school is also shown. Camera, in upper floor classroom window, pans from playground below to interior of the classroom. Students sit at a long table where ledger books are being handed out for students to work with. Scene shifts to school library, where students are studying. A boy day dreams about his future occupation. He imagines being a cowboy; or a speedboat driver; or launching into the air in his speedboat, which transforms into an airplane, in which he does a loop. The boy is seen with his parents at a conference with the school principal. He is seen at the blackboard in a math class, and later in a classroom full of students all opening personal copies of a newspaper. He uses a saw in a woodworking class, and works at a lathe, in a machine shop. He meets with a teacher who discusses his progress.
United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft of the 73rd Bomb Wing, 500th Bomb Group (Tail Code "Z") seen on Saipan. A B-29 aircraft taxis and turns on a runway. A rainbow in the sky. A B-29 being moved with a tug. Ground handling of a B-29 aircraft. An airman direct a pilot to the parking spot. A group of airmen stands near the parked aircraft. On its fuselage below the cockpit, it displays a black bird's wing on top of a black globe and a long yellow paint stripe underneath. The airmen take equipment out of the aircraft and haul it away in a cart. Three B-29 aircraft parked.
Moroccan infantry with rifles, led by military band, march through a gate near the Royal Palace and mosque, in Rabat, Morocco during World War II. The palace and mosque are seen in background. A drum and bugle corps, mounted on white horses, play their instruments as they ride through the gate. They are followed by a cadre of mounted Royal Lancers. Infantry perform coordinated drill. Royal Palace seen in background.Troops parade along with a procession, including Royal Guardsmen, dressed in white. Guardsmen escort the Sultan, riding in a Royal Coach pulled by horses. A Royal attendant steps into the courtyard of the palace, to meet the Sultan as he arrives on a white horse, accompanied by guardsmen. Palace attendants bow low, several times to the Sultan. In change of sequence, the Sultan, on horseback, proceeds between line of guards and groups of Moroccans, sitting and standing on a parade ground. View of muazzen standing on balcony of the Royal mosque. Sultan rides through gate of the mosque on a white horse, accompanied by guardsmen. Persons, lining the way, bow as he passes. Attendant shields the Sultan with a long-handled umbrella. The entire procession returns toward the palace.
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