Aerobatic maneuvers in the United States. A large formation of U.S. Army Air Corps Boeing P-12 biplane aircraft in flight. Several P-12s execute loops while emitting smoke so spectators on the ground (unseen) can readily observe their aerobatic maneuvers.
A Wright Flyer is pulled from a hangar by ground crew. They raise a heavy weight on a tower to provide energy for catapulting the Flyer into the air. The Airplane takes off. Views of the wing from aboard the Wright Flyer. Views of Orville Wright.
Brief view from another aircraft as a British Spitfire fighter plane maneuvers close behind and then dives away. Other fighters are in the air and engaged in dog fights. (World War II period).
Gloster Meteor jet airplanes of the British Royal Air Force in operation during the early 1950s. A Gloster Meteor F.4 taxiing. View of a U.S. Boeing B-47 Stratojet forward nose wheel and surrounding area. A Gloster Meteor F.4 takes off. A flight of three Meteors fly low and peel off in 360 overhead approaches for landing at an airfield. A brief view of a U.S. F-80 Shooting Star jet fighter taking off.
A momentary glimpse (only two seconds) of a U.S. Air Force B-17 bomber, in flight.
View, from a high vantage point, of soldiers assembling beneath the Arch of Triumph, in paris. Others move from a street, forming up and marching into the circle around the monument (which has been cleared for the event).Spectators line the sidewalks around the Arch circle. Several motorcycles lead and others escort a motorcade of several cars. Street-level view of General Dwight Eisenhower,saluting the crowds, as he stands in an open car passing the Monument to the Republic, situated at Place de la République. The car crosses a bridge and turns toward the Hotel de Ville (City Hall) on the place de l'Hotel-de-Ville. Closeups of crowds from the passing car. Sequence shifts to a different open car carrying French Marshal jean de lattre de tassigny (smoking a cigarette) sharing the back seat with a French Air Force officer (appears to be Philippe Maurin). (World War II period).
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