A wharf in Marseille, France, filled with French troops and millitary vehicles, marshaling for departure aboard a warship at the dock. Troops line up and board the ship, carrying all their personal military gear. Tanks, jeeps and trucks are also driven into the ships hold.
World War II scenes of German Stuka dive bombers in operation. U.S. B-25 bomber in flight, and views of firestorms from Allied incendiary bombing of Axis targets. Scenes of the "Operation Firestop" project in 1954-55, in California. U.S. Forest Service and other agencies cooperate in a one-year project headquartered at Camp Pendleton, California. Aerial views of Camp Pendleton area, in Southern California. A modified Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bomber in flight discharges water from its torpedo bays. Men installing fabric water container into the bomb bay of the TBM. The aircraft seen in low level pass, dropping water contents onto field. Cropduster pilot Floyd Nolta, seen flying his Stearman biplane over California landscape, and then taxiing in to park, after landing. On the ground, we see how he modified his airplane to release water from a hopper in its bottom. On August 13, Vance Nolta flies the Stearman on multiple sorties, dropping water on a fire in the Mendecino Forest. Nolta filling his water tank from a hose at Willow Airport, and dropping water from the air, above the fire. View at Willow Airport, of 7 Stearman and N3N airplanes modified for aerial firefighting. Views of these aircraft dropping chemically treated water from the air. TBM aircraft equipped with 400 gallon tanks drop water from the air. PBY flying boat seen in flight. A B-26 bomber passing low and dropping chemically treated water. A Navy Mars flying boat passing overhead as it drops water from a 7000 gallon tank.
A report on United States Air Force C-123B assault transport aircraft performance in engineering and field assault condition test in Hagerstown, Maryland. A C-123B assembly line at Fairchild Aircraft Manufacturing Company. A man places yarn tufts on the left wing of a C-123B. The C-123B lands on a runway. Two special flight analysis cameras manned. A C-123B steep take off climb. The aircraft in flight. A low altitude fly by of C-123B over the runway. A C-123B with one prop feathered performs low altitude maneuverability demonstration over the runway. A C-123B minimum distance take off. The C-123B lands at Hangerstown plant. C-119 Flying Boxcar planes parked along runway.
A report on United States Air Force C-123B assault transport aircraft performance in engineering and field assault condition test in Hagerstown, Maryland. A C-123B taxis and takes a right turn at Fairchild plant. Pylon tank or external fuel tank mounted under a wing of the C-123B. It takes off and in flight. The aircraft releases the pylon tank from the wing. The C-123B drops one of the main cell tanks from a 40' altitude past the runway and lands on grass beyond.
A report on United States Air Force C-123B assault transport aircraft performance in engineering test at Edwards AFB in California. A C-123B with J-44 turbojets on wing tips. Turbojet on wing tip of aircraft and door on turbojets closes. A man adjust dials on the C-123B control panel. The aircraft takes off from the air base. The aircraft in flight. Several take offs of the C-123B with a variety of loads.
A report on United States Air Force C-123B assault transport aircraft performance test at Ardmore Air Force Base in Oklahoma. Nine C-123Bs taxi, make cross-wind take offs and in flight. Two C-123Bs land on a dirt strip. U.S. troops board a C-123B. Litter patients loaded into a C-123B at a simulated front line casualty station. The C-123B takes off from the dirt strip.
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