The Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy, during World War II. Allied artillery spotter flies over battlefield in a Piper L-4 Grasshopper liaison airplane. Views of the town and mountains. Numerous military vehicles speed along roads in the valley. Smoke rises from shelling of targets in the valley. A soldier looks through binoculars. The Piper L-4 aircraft flies low over the valley, again. View of snow-covered mountain.
Various Soviet Air Force aircraft in flight in Russia. A YAK trainer tows a banner with a picture of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. A row of parked TU-4 bombers. Another row of parked YAK-17 fighters. IL-12 transports parked in a row. IL-12s taxi and take off. TU-4s in flight. YAK-17s in flight. An aerial view of an MIG-15 in flight. A formation of MIG-15s in flight.
Aviator Howard Hughes flies his H-4 Hercules amphibious plane in Long Beach, California. Hughes' H-4 Hercules amphibious plane on display in Long Beach. Hughes walks through the internal sections of the plane. The plane off shore. Hughes at the instrument panel aboard the plane. Hughes sits at the controls in the cockpit of the plane. The plane moves ahead on the surface of water. A cameraman records the event from a boat. The plane takes off and stays low above the water for a mile and then descends back on water.
Aviator Howard Hughes's H-4 Hercules amphibious plane is transported from Culver City to Long Beach. The H-4 plane is taken out from Culver City hangar in parts. A crowd milling around in front of the hangar. Huge wings of the plane moved under wires on a road. A trailer truck hauls the wing of the plane on the road. The parts of the plane are transported to Long Beach.
Howard Hughes preparing for the maiden flight of the H-4 Hercules flying boat. Interior view of Hughes h-4 Hercules at a port in California, United States.Exterior views. A man walks on the wings of the plane. A man speaks into microphone at radio operators station..A man performs checks at the flight engineers position.. Howard Hughes walks past him. The flight engineers position shows instruments for monitoring essential information about each of the 8 engines. Howard Hughes in the cockpit and then returns to speak with flight engineer. speaks over a hand set in the cockpit and sets gyro compass and prepares to start engines.He "cracks the throttles. Another view of Howard Hughes on the dock looking over the lines securing the flying boat. Another vies of interior and cockpit of aircraft.
Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat taxiing on two inboard engines in water moments before its maiden flight. A ship in the background and a Sikorsky R-4B Luzon helicopter ("Hoverfly") in flight in the background. The aircraft starts all eight engines, accelerates toward flying speed and her hull rises in the water as she approaches lift off on maiden flight.
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