Shows P-40C’s in production at Curtiss plant in Buffalo, NY (2303 Kenmore Avenue), getting readied for shipment to United Kingdom as a part of Lend-Lease program. Aircraft workers working in Curtiss plant, assembling aircraft. A worker moves a stack of aicraft tires. P-40 fighter plane taxiing and planes in flight line at Curtiss facilities at the Buffalo Airport.
Omaha Class U.S. cruisers at sea. B-17 D Flying Fortesses lined up to take off. A B-17 D Flying Fortess takes off. Flying Fortess in formation with close up of engine and spinning propellers. PT boats (patrol torpedo boats) under construction at factory. PT boat at sea. Formation of PT boats at sea. Narrator notes that all equipment is bound for England as part of the Lend Lease Act. USA flag superimposed over signature page of the Lend Lease Act.
Aerials of Randolph Field in Texas. Air Force or AF cadets marching at Randolph Field. General John J. Pershing(Retd.) and former Vice President C.G. Dawes looking on to scrutinize student cadets. Pilots march in formation with aircraft BT-14s flying low overhead.
Barrage balloons are inflated by men. Men near gas cylinders. Balloons are sent aloft at Fort Lewis.
Shows plastic plane being christened at Bendix Airport, New Jersey. Civilians inspecting the plastic plane. Industrialist Ollie Clark riding in plastic and plywood zodiac aircraft.
Aircraft workers working in Stearman Plant at Wichita. Shows Major Harris, U.S. Army Air Corps, accepting delivery of 1000 PT-17 planes from J.E.Schaefer in Stearman Plant. Shows major boarding aircraft which takes off and aircrafts flying overhead.
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