Midway-class aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Atlantic Ocean during Operation Long Step. A pilot steps into a U.S. Navy F2H-2P Banshee and his airplane captain assists him with harness and strap. The pilot sits in readiness prior to launch while his airplane captain cleans the windshield. Jets on the flight deck being readied for launch. An airplane guard destroyer in the background. Silhouette: Essex-class aircraft carrie USS Leyte, heavy cruiser USS Columbus and escorting destroyers in formation. A U.S. Navy AJ-1 (Savage) aircraft lands aboard USS FDR. The Savage aircraft spotted forward. A rocket cart loaded with 5" rockets being wheeled aft. Ordnance men secure 5" rockets under wings of Banshees. A large water spout beyond a destroyer escort during the operations. Island structure of USS FDR. F2H-2 Banshee aircraft from USS Roosevelt flying in formation past the ship. A F2H-2 landing aboard, passes the island forward to the elevator.
United States Army Air Service (USAAS) 1st Pursuit Group in the northern part of Michigan, United States. A fifty gallon drum of fuel is hauled on a sled towards an airplane. The airplane is fueled by a hand pump. USAAS Curtiss P-1 Hawk aircraft with skis for landing on snow. The engines of the P-1 start. A second plane in the background. A long line of P-1 aircraft with ski-type landing gear. A P-1 aircraft taxis and takes off. Other airplanes taking off in the background.
Regarding Project Eagle. View inside a Secret School operated by the Polish Ministry of Defense for the American Office of Strategic Services ( OSS ). in London, England, during World War II. Officers seated at a table in the school, as a U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Dasher, Chief of the Polish Section, American Office of Strategic Services, Europe, explains that they are training 40 selected Polish soldiers who had been forced to serve in the German army and who had surrendered at the first opportunity, in France. They will be instructed in techniques of infiltration and radio operations. Seen, at a long table, are Polish technicians who will conduct a 6 months intensive course for the trainees. Major Schumolsky, Head of Polish Special Force Headquarters in London, and Major Schumannofsky, Officer of Polish Military Intelligence Service, also speak.
Activities of residents in Hawaii during World War II. Crowd of spectators is seated on the ground. Hula girls get ready for a performance. An officer carrying side arms crowns a "queen" for the festivity. He and the "queen" walk together towards a microphone at edge of grass,and other girls follow. Wires and utility pole. A long line of vehicles turning off a highway. View of residential buildings. Heavy foliage in the foreground. A strip of ground plowed up for a Victory Garden. An automobile moves down a street. Two children run along a sidewalk past homes. A boy climbing a palm tree.
Characteristics of a Minesweeping Boat (MSB) underway off the shore of the United States. MSB characteristics include: operates on a daily basis, 57 feet long, beam of 15 feet, draft of 5 feet, effective speed, can be lifted by larger ship, crew consists of 7 men and a chief officer, armaments consists of small arms, constructed from wood and non magnetic material, non magnetic engine and gear. A crewman operates mine sweeping equipment and hand tools. Other man at the control device. The United States flag flutters in wind from the mast of the ship.
In Germany, a demonstration of a Heinkel He 280 aircraft, the first turbojet-powered fighter aircraft in the world. Animated drawing of German Heinkel He 280 turbojet fighter aircraft. View of a He 280 fighter aircraft on an airfield, preparing for takeoff. It makes an extremely long flat takeoff. Trees in the background. Men on an airfield. Buildings in the background. Vehicles parked on the airfield. He 280 fighter aircraft in flight over grasslands. The He 280 aircraft lands. The aircraft parked on the airfield in the background. (This was one of only nine He 280 prototypes built by Heinkel, following on its experience with the He 178 prototype)
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