The launch of A-4 guided missile in Peenemunde, Germany. Smoke covers the surrounding area. An instrument on a picture frame records the flight of the A-4 missile.
C-130 annual report shows a DC-130A Hercules in the United States. The DC-130A Hercules takes off and in flight. XQ-4B drones on a wing pylon. XQ-4B being launched from the wing pylon of the DC-130A Hercules. A pilot in the plane and navigators at station.
Winter maneuvers of First Pursuit Group of United States Army Air Service in Oscoda Michigan. Airmen carry fuel in a container. DH-4 De Havilland is refueled. The wheels of DH-4 are replaced by skies. Airmen stand near the planes. Curtiss PW-8 Hawks parked. Aircraft taxis and takes off.
Activities of the U.S. Army Air Service in Tallulah, Louisinia. Insecticide being loaded into a hooper on a modified DH-4 De Havilland. The DH-4 in flight over lakes and swamps. It dusts the insecticide to kill malaria mosquitoes.
Location is probably Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides Islands, during World War 2.The day is clear and sunny and palm trees are seen in background. Pilot sits in cockpit of Marine Aircraft Group 11 F4U Corsair airplane number 525 after returning from a mission. Plane captain, in shorts, climbs up to cockpit and gives the pilot a booklet in which he makes notes regarding any aircraft problems.He hands the booklet back to the plane captain and climbs out of the cockpit. He unfastens the chute leg straps and carries the chute in his arms. Scene shifts to another F4U that has just parked and is shutting down it's engine. Plane captain climbs up to the cockpit. A crew truck pulls up and a ground crewman picks up a parachute and places it on the truck fender.
A Controllable Glide Bomb GB-4 kept in a laboratory at a United States Army Air Corps base. Components of the Glide Bomb GB-4 seen when its striking head is opened. A B-17 bomber of the U.S. Air Force takes off. Experts locate target from inside the bomber. Television recorder and other instruments inside the bomber. The bomb glides along an aerial route leaving smoke trails behind and explodes at the target. (World War II period).
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