History of the SR-71 development from conferences, through assembly, to operational flights of the aircrafts, United States. SR-71 in flight. Officers watch. SR-71 at the headquarters, 14th Strat Aerospace Division, Beale Air Force Base with unit insignia. Hangars at the Beale AFB. Sign board reads: 'Welcome to Beale Air Force Base'. Lockheed engineering representatives confer with SPO staff. Commanding officers talks on phone. Physical examination of the SR-71 crewmen. Ground crew personnel trained using mock-ups. Flight stimulator and control console. SR-71 in flight.
The final assembly line inside a Ford Motor plant in United States. Engine lowered into a frame. Engine and other parts secured to the frame. The dash unit assembly made on a special rack. Dash on car put. The radiator installed. Chassis inspected. The shields, fenders and running boards positioned and secured to the brackets. Ford Model-T var transferred from the conveyor to starting platform and started through the rear wheels.
Large numbers of U.S. Army jeeps driven on a field in United States during World War II. Jeeps tow 37-mm anti-tank guns. The jeep moves along a jungle road during maneuvers. Jeeps move over crash barriers and cross rivers during the maneuvers. Motorcyclists and infantry units dash up a river bank. Infantry wade through a river under a smoke screen.
Rubbish catches on fire due to carelessness of people in United States. Supervisor directs worker. Fire doused with a hose. Worker lights cigarette, throws match into trash pile. Man with extinguisher puts out fire. Fire boat named "James Battle" docks. Firemen with fire engine fight fire at an industrial building. Fire fighters direct hoses of water on huge fire. A fire fighter (unit 16 on his hat) and another official discuss.
Organization of the United States Army during World War 2. Process of forming a unit of Army Air Forces. Aviators during a march. Animated map shows its organization under Commanding General, Chief of Staff, 27 combat groups and 1750 planes. Planes at a base. Map shows Fighter Air Command, Bombers, Air Support and Air Service Commands. Line of new U.S. Army Air Force Airmen in civilian clothing as each of the new recruits raises their right hand to take an oath of service as they join the Army. Map shows flying training schools and technical training schools. Training imparted in 36 weeks to the aviation cadets. Cadets fly in formation. Fighter planes and bombers flying. Navigators, Gunners, Bomb crew, Tech training command, Engineers of planes trained. Fighter planes manufactured. (World War II period).
Organization of the United States Army, 'The Services of Supply'. Map showing classifications of various units. Supply of tanks to armed forces ensured by supply services. Map showing chart of procurement and transporting of raw materials to factories. Interiors of a tank manufacturing factory. Technicians and workers busy designing and mechanically aligning parts of a tank. Newly produced tank rolled out of the factory. Operations Department distributes the tanks. Soldiers step inside a Church. Women army troops of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC or WACS) being reviewed during a parade. (World War II period).
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