Crew member speaking on interphone in a U.S. Air Force WB-29 Hurricane Hunter aircraft. View of the pilot advancing the throttles and pulling back the yoke (staged). Scene repeated. View of flight engineer advancing throttles at his panel location. Dropsonde operator entering data on a form. Ground crewman disconnects auxiliary power unit from parked WB-29 aircraft parked at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda. View from nose gear well, of number three engine running on a WB-29 aircraft.
Training of U.S. Army Air Forces flying cadets. Cadets watch a three bladed propeller turning on a Class 26 instructional airframe at Randolph Field, Texas. (Class 26 refers to an airplane damaged beyond repair, from which the parts of the display were made. ) Cadets, at Kelly Field, look at BC-1airframe, resting on blocks, with skin partially removed to reveal internal structure. An instructor points out hydraulic lines as a cadet seated in the cockpit manually operates hydraulic pump to retract the landing gear. The landing gear is dropped and the process repeated several times. Cadets in a hangar learn about the construction of an airplane wing. The cadets receiving instruction on electrical system of an aircraft. Electrical units and circuitry mounted on a table.
U.S. Army 44th Division honors American actor and U.S. Army First Lieutenant Audie Murphy at Fort Lewis in Washington. Audie Murphy along with officers standing and being greeted by people. He gives an autograph to a woman. Soldiers march in formation. Murphy and other officer review them from a reviewing stand. Mechanized units and tanks parade.
U.S. officers arrive in China. Commandant of the U.S. forces in China General Albert Wedemeyer makes an inspection tour of the American installations in China. He comes out of an aircraft. Other officials greet him. U.S. Ambassador to China Patrick Jay Hurley arrives and meets Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China Chiang Kai-shek. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill meets local leaders in Athens, Greece.
A film on the workings of the Air Force Service Group. Their role in keeping remote air force landing strips supplied and in repairing and salvaging damaged airplanes and equipment during World War II is demonstrated. A diagram depicts the workings of an Air Service Center. The center is a nine men team. Each man is an expert in some field. The functions of the center are explained. The center handles the supplies, repairing of vehicles and equipment and communication to and from the center. Men seated outside a tent in the center. Airplanes flying in formation overhead. Men looking at the airplanes. Men working for the center are motor experts, electrical experts and parachute experts. Medical services are also provided at the center. A man stands holding a rifle. A special light mobile unit is also shown as it works to repair or salvage parts of an aircraft at its crash site. U.S. Army soldiers at the Air Service Center line up to receive pay on pay day. A canteen area is shown where soldiers can buy coca-cola and other refreshments. P-40 Warhawk aircraft parked on a field. A chaplain conducts a religious service for soldiers, with a Mitchell B-25 bomber aircraft parked behind him. A wounded soldier being unloaded from an airplane and treated by the medics who arrive on site. A mobile surgical team prepares a soldier for surgery in the field.
Sign reads "Welcome to GAFB, elevation 504 feet" on the Base Operations Building at Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, New York. View of exterior or Operations Building. View of a radar screen is shown as narrator discusses expansion of radar network for gathering data. Improved radars are shown being used for routine observing and reporting. A Vertical Viewing Radar unit is shown at the air base. An Air Force weather technician records readings.
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