Slow motion footage of an F4U Corsair aircraft landing mishap on USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) during World War 2. The aircraft is seen above the deck with its tail hook unengaged. It strikes restraining cables that snag its landing gear. The aircraft noses over slightly (enough to bend its prop). Restraining cables drag the aircraft backwards.
Grumman TBF Avenger airplane seen in slow motion as it lands on USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) during World War 2. It appears to make a smooth landing but engages restraining cable and noses over slightly. Deck crew run towards the aircraft.
A F4U Corsair aircraft is seen in slow motion as it makes a hard impact during landing on the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) during World War 2. The aircraft bounces high in the air, clearing all restraining cables and continues to crash futher along the deck. View is obscured by section of ship so that the aircraft is not seen coming to rest.
Slow motion footage of an F4U Corsair airplane rounding out too high as it lands on the USS Bunker Hill during World War 2 Battle of Philippine Sea and Marianas Campaign. The F4U bounces over all visible restraining cables and continues to crash further along the flight deck. Final impact is obscured from view by deck crew personnel who step onto deck to respond to the crash.
A film on the workings of 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 small airplane in flight low overhead and it drops a parachute with important aerial reconnaissance photographs to an Air Service Center. Soldiers process the photographs. Other soldiers look at the photographs. Soldiers repairing a break in a field wire. A soldier keeps a watch for the enemy. Messages are send in the field with the help of the field wire and an encoding machine. Other soldiers after receiving messages typing them and decoding them. An officer looking at a document. Resources of the center are mobilized. A soldier talking over a phone. U.S. Army Ordnance Company soldiers loading and packing 50 caliber ammunition belts and loading them into boxes. The boxes are loaded in trucks.
Preparations for Invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States during World War II. Mechanic works on engines of U.S. Navy pb4y-1 (Navy version of USAAF B-24 Liberator bomber). A man cleans a detached nose gun. Another examines a gun aboard the pb4y-1 aircraft. An officer looks on as mechanics work on a pb4y-1. Officer talks to a mechanic. Men work on propellers of the aircraft as they rotate the propellers.
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