Loading activities aboard the United States escort carrier Bairoko in San Diego, California United States Marines assemble on quay wall before embarking aboard the United States escort carrier Bairoko. United States Air Force F-84 aircraft being hoisted aboard the Bairoko.
Officers and men of two U.S. patrol squadrons go through final tests in preparation for their expedition to Alaska in San Diego, California. PN-1 type patrol planes take from water to make Alaskan trip to gather valuable aeronautical data.
Fan dancers gather at convention in San Diego, California. Fan dancers gather at convention to form the Western Federation of dancers. Fan dancers perform. Audience watch the dance and cheer the participants of their states.
The first mid-air refueling at Rockwell Field in San Diego, California. 1st Lieutenant Virgil Hine and 1st Lt. Frank W. Seifert pose next to the cockpit of a modified United States Army Air Service Airco DH-4B. Workmen repair a hose under the fuselage of the modified DH-4B tanker aircraft. A workman pulls the hose out from under the aircraft. A second DH-4B aircraft in the background. The modified DH-4B transfers fuel to another modified DH-4B via a hose between the aircraft. Wings of DH-4B camera airplane. The modified DH-4B tanker with the fueling hose trailing behind it. Two modified DH-4Bs. The tanker aircraft with the hose trailing below it moves away from the fueled airplane and flies away.
First test flight of the amphibian aircraft to be used by United States Navy out of San Diego, California, to document unchartered territory in Alaska. An aircraft taxis and takes off from the airfield. Mountains in the background. The aircraft in flight over sea. Ships docked at sea in the background. The wheels of the aircraft fold and the aircraft taxis at sea. Pilots load tri-lens aerial camera aboard an aircraft. Lieutenant B H Wyatt, Commander of the expedition, discusses problems with pilots. The Commander points at a map. Tents in the background.
The Soaring Championship in San Diego, California. A pilot in a cockpit of a glider and closes the canopy of the glider. A man attaches a winch. The glider taxis and takes off. A man at controls of the towing winch. The glider in flight. Another glider attached with a towing winch taxis and takes off. The glider in flight. Both the gliders in flight.
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