Coast Artillery soldiers at Camp Davis in North Carolina in World War II. demonstrate how to handle a barrage balloon. The manifold of the balloon is connected to a helium gas cylinder by means of a rubber tube. Men connect one end of an inflation tube to the manifold. The end of the tube is connected with the appendix of the balloon. The envelope is inflated A soldier opens cylinder valves. The balloon gradually rises. Men install a rudder. Men hang sand bags on the balloon to control its rate of rise. Men move the balloon to a winch. The second balloon inflated in the same manner. Men remove the sand bags. A man operates the winch. The balloon rises. The second balloon rises. The balloons are raised up. A balloon is hauled down and anchored. Men hang the sand bags. The Army personnel march off from the field.
U.S. 44th Infantry Division parade at Fort Dix in New Jersey. U.S. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox and U.S. Lt. General Hugh Aloysius Drum shake hands with other officers. Secretary of the Navry Frank Knox with General Drum stand on a platform. The U.S. Infantrymen stand in a squad. The soldiers parade. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, Lt. General Drum and other officers review the parade. The soldiers carrying a United States flag march. The soldiers in cars advance during the parade. A banner on a platform reads '78th Division Veterans' Association'. (Secretary Knox served as a major in the 78th Infantry Division during World War 1.) The trucks towing artillery advance and soldiers seen on the trucks.
A test flight of a new USAAF (United States Army Air Force) Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft in Burbank, California. USAAF P-38s inside a hangar. Men seated on a wing of a P-38. The P-38 is pulled out of a hangar. A pilot wearing a mask on a bicycle. The pilot wearing a helmet and a mask gets in to the cockpit of the aircraft. The aircraft taxis and takes off. The P-38 in flight over the city. Mountains in the background.
Designer of U.S. fighter aircraft Igor Sikorsky sets a new record for hovering in air for 1:32 in Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter in Stratford, Connecticut. People stand around the VS-300. A three-blade rotor rotates. VS-300 raises up from the group. The VS-300 hovering in the air. The VS-300 lowers down on the ground. People cheer and wave to Sikorsky for setting a record. People stand around Igor Sikorsky. A man approaches Sikorsky to congratulate him.
Prime Minister of Australia Robert Gordon Menzies arrives for a meeting with U.S. officials in New York. Australian Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies gets off from a flying boat Boeing 314 Clipper. Men stand in the background. The Prime Minister is escorted by U.S. officials. The officials and the Prime Minister walk on a bridge.
USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) B-26 Marauder medium bombers at Glenn L. Martin Company plant in Baltimore, Maryland during World War II. A B-26 aircraft towed out of a hangar. B-26s parked at a field. Preflight inspection and testing of the B-26 aircraft is done under pressure of combat conditions. The B-26 Marauder takes off and is in flight. It lands.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Links ©2024 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2024 CriticalPast LLC.