Group of officers standing at attention on ramp. Ground crew working on engines of F-61. Large radar antenna revolving on top of tall tower. E M operating radar set. Officer drawing weather maps. E M working on F-61 in hangar. E M talking over telephone. EM climb aboard tug, and ride off cross runway. Pilots running out of door at operations. Pilots run out to their F-61s. Pilots climb into the cockpit of F-61. F-61s warm up before take off. F-61s taxiing on runway. Thunderstorm clouds. E M operating radar instruments in Quonset hut. 18 July 1947 on a plate. 2 June 1947 on a plate. A formation of F-61s. P-61 in flight. Pilot at controls of F-61 while in flight. A formation of F-61s. F-61s break formation. Pilot at controls of F-61 while in flight. F-61s break formation. E M operating radar set. F-61 in flight.
Soldiers blocking road because of woodland fires in Maine. Volunteers running. Houses on fire. People flee for their lives. People try to stop fire.
Models and drawings of futuristic planes in the Air Force Laboratories at Wright Field, Ohio. Scenes of XP-67 aircraft in flight. A Northrup N9MB Experimental Flying Wing aircraft taxiing and in flight. A larger version, the XB-35 aircraft under construction. The XB-35 taking off. P-82 aircraft taxiing and taking off. Pilot in P-82. P-82 in flight. The XB-36 aircraft being assembled for its initial test flight, at the Convair factory in Fort Worth, Texas. XB-36 taking off from the Convair factory runway, at Fort Worth, Texas, and then in flight, with landing gear (of two 110-inch single tires) extended. View from above it as XB-36 lands at Eglin Air Field (one of only three airfields capable of bearing its high pressure wheel loading, which required concrete 22 inches thick). Officers standing by the tire of the XB-36 aircraft . B-50 aircraft taxiing and taking off. B-50 buzzing field. Demonstration of variable pitch propeller operation, including the blades going into full feather position. B-50 in flight on one engine, with props on engines 1,3, and 4 feathered. Testing landing gear on C-69 aircraft. C-69 landing. Testing landing gear of B-32 aircraft. Wind tunnels. Series of shots of wind tunnel.
Man with Geiger counter taking readings about a jeep during Project Desert Rock in Nevada. Marines using mine detectors. Mountains in background. Vehicles in cleared area. Scenes of Marines. Mountains in background. Looking into valley. Lake in valley, in Nevada. Large column of white smoke.
Sign in Desert reads 'Forward Tactical Entrenching Area' during Project Desert Rock in Nevada. . Military Police standing on road in background. Line of vehicles in far distance. Scene of desert area. Smashed vehicles in desert area. Sherman tank and other vehicles demolished. Group of military personnel walking through area of demolished vehicles. Field cannon in sunken area in Earth. Sand bags around cannon. Men in background. Scenes of debris. Men inspecting damaged equipment.
Women preparing food for the 'Welcome home dinner' organized for the former President Harry S. Truman in Independence, Missouri. A woman carries a roast turkey. Woman puts the plates in a rack. Woman decorates table with flowers. A person sees the invitation card given to Mr. Truman. People welcome all the three guests, Mr. Truman, his wife Bess Truman, and daughter Margaret. Margaret Truman smiling. Harry Truman laughs.
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