War equipment and ships built in industries of the United States during World War II. Crates containing war supplies from all over the world stacked. Massive large columns of United States Army Soldiers and huge columns of United States Navy sailors in review, marching and standing in formation. Men work on the construction of shipyards and ships in shipyards. War production workers work on different machines to make and assemble ship parts. A crane lifts a part of a warship to be assembled. Men wearing protective masks do arc welding on parts of ships. A line of ships at dock. Scenes of many different cargo ships, Liberty Ships, battleships, cruisers, submarines, destroyers and aircraft carriers launched. Some of the ship names seen include: SS Zebulon Pike, SS Patrick Henry, SS John C Fremont, SS John Fitch, SS Ethan Allen, SS Mormacwren, SS Irving S Olds, a ship of the Lykes Lines, the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Bristol (DD 453), USS Hancock (CV-19), Men walk down the steps towards the ships. Men load supplies onto ship. Soldiers board transport ships. A Soviet cargo ship with a large flag "USSR" on it. A convoy of ships at sea.
The life of crew of a United States Air Force RC-121D Warning Star Picket ship in the United States. The interiors of a United States Air Force RC-121D Warning Star Picket ship. The RC-l21D crew members seated at consoles. One of the crew members seated at a console, flip switches and watch radar scope. The crew member talks into microphone. A crewman looks through a transparent plotting board as an airman writes notations on a circled area. The crewman look over the shoulder of a captain working on navigational charts and talking through throat microphone. A man seated at a console turns a knob and talks on throat microphone. The man makes notations on a paper and sends out message on radio. Two men lying on bunks in the aircraft. A crewman look over the shoulder of the flight engineer as he checks dials. Men in aircraft eat lunch.
The life of crew of a United States Air Force RC-121D Warning Star Picket ship in the United States. Sergeant seated at a desk. USAF RC-12lD Picket ship takes off. The RC-121D Picket ship lands and taxis. A United States Air Force B-50 Superfortress aircraft in flight. The cockpit of RC-121D. The pilot checks clipboard with the co-pilot.
U.S. troops leave United States during World War I. Exteriors of the United States Capitol. President of the United States Thomas Woodrow Wilson looks out from a window. He works at desk. Close-up view of document that is U.S. declaration of war against Germany. U.S. Soldiers march on city streets, bound for war. American soldiers board ship. Soldiers crowded on deck of the transport ship heading for war in France. U.S. Army General John Joseph Pershing on ship. Sunset at sea.
Normal and emergency operating characteristics of United States Army Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft in the United States. The control panel of an aircraft. A P-38 Lightning aircraft taxis and takes off. Gauges on the control panel of the aircraft. The landing gear of the aircraft is lowered. United States Naval Reserve Ensign Charles E. Brannon climbs on an aircraft. Aviators Tom Kennedy, Jimmy Mather and Avery Black get into the cockpit of an aircraft. American aviator Milo Garrett Burcham stands in front of the aircraft. Burcham closes the hatch and the window of the aircraft. Animation depicts air flow when a window is closed and opened. He operates switches for drop tanks of the aircraft. The aircraft at a field. He operates a booster pump switch. Brakes of the aircraft held to maintain the speed of the propellers at 3000 revolutions per minute. The aircraft taxis and takes off. A gauge shows speed. Men in a control tower. The aircraft takes off. Animation depicts the flight path with zero flaps and 50% flaps.
Evolution of United States Air Force uniforms in the United States. A captain in a 1940 U.S. Army Air Corps uniform takes off an officer's hat and puts on a helmet in the cockpit of a United States Army Air Corps P-51 Mustang aircraft. The captain puts on a parachute. He walks up to the P-51 Mustang aircraft. He checks the propellers of the aircraft. He wears a jacket and then a parachute. He climbs into the cockpit of the aircraft. Another captain in a 1940 U.S. Army Air Corps uniform in front of a P-51 aircraft. The captain puts on a parachute.
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