Preparations for reconnaissance activities by Strategic Air Command (SAC) Lockheed U-2 aircraft during the Cuban Crisis. An airman helps a pilot. The pilot walks to a chair and sits in it. The airman helps the pilot in getting ready for a flight.
Reconnaissance activities by Strategic Air Command (SAC) Lockheed U-2 aircraft during the Cuban Crisis. A photo intelligence personnel opens a door and lets in two personnel. Two other men enter the room pushing a trolley loaded with cartons of film. A personnel shuts the door. The film being signed for. A personnel puts a note on a chart on a wall. A personnel opens a door and lets in a few men. 'Special Projects Laboratory' written on the door.
Reconnaissance activities by Strategic Air Command (SAC) Lockheed U-2 aircraft during the Cuban Crisis. A photo intelligence personnel brings in film, hands it to another personnel working on an equipment and leaves. The film is processed and spliced. Two personnel work on a machine. One of them leaves. He goes in through a door and looks at a print of a photograph brought in by another personnel.
Wilber Wright places wheel under right wing of a Wright Flyer, and fastens it to a strut. Orville Wright walks past as ground crew positions the Flyer. The Wright brothers stand behind the Flyer, as ground crew pull the props through and engine starts. They then climb aboard, with Wilbur at the left seat controls. Heavy weight falls from tower providing thrust for catapult that launches the Wright Flyer into the air. The Wrights fly their airplane around the field at low altitude.
A picnic for U.S. Army Brigadier General Billy Mitchell following his demotion to the post of a Colonel and an assignment to Texas as 8th Area Aid Officer. Guests eat food and have coffee. General Mitchell gives plates. The guests eat food. All officers are wearing civilians clothes. People sit on grass and eat. U.S. Army Major H. H. Arnold is standing. U.S. Navy Commander H. C. Richardson and General Mitchell peer through a hole in a doughnut (or donut). George Goodacre and Major Arnold standing on the grass. General Mitchell with a plate of food at the serving table. Lieutenant Phillips, Lieutenant Melville and Lieutenant David C. Kingle sit on grass beside two young women. General Mitchell serves Commander Richardson a large chunk of beef. Three men fill glasses from a jug. Bottles and a beer keg on the table. General Mitchell, in an apron and a chef's hat, sharpens a large knife. A crowd drinks around a bonfire. Major Arnold walks around filling cups from a porcelain pitcher and drinking from the pitcher. A group of men drink and pour beer on each other (during prohibition).
Buses in a garage. Workmen servicing the buses. Man check gauges in the garage. Men work at machines.
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