New Curtiss-Wright factory being opened at Columbus. Army officers and other VIPs inspecting the plant. Shows aircraft workers working in the plant. A new SO3C-1 Seamew aircraft equipped with fixed gear and wheel pants, is rolled out on the factory floor for the VIPs to examine. (Note: Curtiss SO3C-1 aircraft with fixed landing gear and wheel pants, were ordered by the British Royal Navy Fleet Arm, under Lend-Lease. The company and the Royal Navy called them the "Seamew." But, the U.S. Navy called their observation floatplane version the "Seagull," the same as the biplane it replaced.)
Northrop N-1M Flying Wing aircraft with unusual design is seen being tested over the Mojave Desert. N-1M takes off and in flight.
Shows United States Army Air Force cadets in formation and getting commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the USAAF at Mitchel Field.
Views of damage caused in Waikiki residential area caused by Japanese attack. Shows automobiles and houses hit by shrapnel and bullets. Japanese planes can be seen in sky and men carrying wounded on stretcher. Broken, main water line and wrecked buildings are shown. Children and women inside a building. View of Japanese Midget suicide submarine in water. (World War II period).
Royal Canadian Air Force cadets arriving and in formation at Mitchel Field. Cadets examining P-40C aircrafts.
Shows wreck of Japanese two-man suicide submarine and San Hosea football team acting as civil guards on tour. Views of Lieutenant Philip Rasmeusan who shot down the first Japanese planes during the attack, Lieutenant George Welch and Lieutenant Harry Brown, who accounted for shooting down six of the Japanese planes. (World War II period).
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