Views of stratosphere cold box at Douglas Plant, Santa Monica. Shows two men being put on high altitude suits and entering special pressure chamber to test effect of high altitude and temperature on men and equipment. Men inside the chamber and coming out after testing.
U.S. Navy aircraft SNC-1 trainers on ramp in flight line. SNC-1 taxiing and taking off.
Shows crowd at dedication of New Douglas Blackout Airplane factory. Hoarding of Defense Plant can be seen on stage. Aircraft A-20As lined up in front of factory and crowd looking on. Aircraft B-19 flies by.
Views of aircraft B-19 and C-47 on ramp. Crewman walking on wings of B-19 and view of landing wheel. Major Stanley Umstead and crewman boarding B-19 and taking off for flight test. Umstead and others in cockpit of the plane and crewman going towards motor repair stations through passage in wings of the aircraft. B-19 flying over Los Angeles accompanied by aircraft P-40C.
Aircraft being delivered from United States to Britain during World War 2 as part of lend-lease program: Liberator bombers, Harvard-IIs, Bostons (British A-20), Lockheed P-38 and B-17E taking off for England piloted by the U.S. Army Air Corps Ferry Command.
Northrop N-1M Flying Wing aircraft with unusual design is seen being tested over the Mojave Desert. N-1M takes off and in flight.
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