A training film about the design of Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs). An LST underway at sea in the United States. Information about the speed of the LST is given. The navigation bridge and the conning tower of the LST. A man on the conning tower. Men aboard the LST. All LSTs have small boats. Men operating a winch with a crank. A new safety switch is opened. The forward part of the ship. The cargo hatch in the forward part. The hatch is opened to take in fresh air. Tanks and other vehicles on the tank deck. The control room of the LST. Men working in the control room. They operate switches. The elevator that connects the main deck with the tank deck. Cargo is lowered with the help of the elevator. The engine of the LST. The working of the retraction gear. The LST. An extra anchor cable is carried.
The 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War 2. A camera repair truck driving up to an airplane. Camera repairmen load magazines in a United States Army Air Force P-38 Lightning photographic airplane (P-38E/F-4 Lightning serial 41-2156, "Limpin' Lizzie"). A pilot ( possibly 2LT Harold Moffat) arrives in a jeep and inspects the airplane. A gasoline truck fills the tank on the airplane. The pilot climbs on a wing and puts on a parachute and then gets in the cockpit. The pilot seated in the cockpit. He does a radio check with the communication tent. The P-38 warms up. The aircraft taxis.
The 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War 2. A United States Army Air Force P-38 Lightning photographic airplane returns from a mission. The airplane taxis on an airfield. A camera truck follows the airplane for exposed film. Camera repairmen take out magazines from the airplane. The pilot climbs out of the airplane. Men load exposed magazines in the truck on the way to a laboratory.
The 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War II. A wall camera. A man at work. A United States Army Air Force P-38 Lightning aircraft taxis on to the runway and does a 180 degree turn at the end where the pilot holds the brakes and revs his engines to high rpm. Next scene shows a P-38 on final approach and landing on the runway.
The 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War 2. United States Army Air Force P-38 Lightning aircraft take off from a runway. A formation flight of the aircraft. One aircraft lands.
The 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War II. United States Army Air Force P-38 Lightning aircraft taxi on a runway. Trees in the background. The aircraft in flight overhead. Clouds in the sky. Several aircraft in flight. Three aircraft flying in formation.
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