A film on the development of air power. The use of aircraft for aerial combat in Europe. French Nieuport aircraft parked on an airfield. Men stand near an airplane. Bombs are loaded into an early bomber, with bombardier's compartment in the nose of an open cockpit. A machine gunner in the open cockpit of an aircraft in flight. Takeoff of a U.S. Army Air Service Curtiss JN-4 aircraft.
Aircraft are used for different purposes in the United States. Ambulance aircraft offer fastest means of transporting the injured. A United States Army Air Service Cox-Klemin XA-1 ambulance aircraft taxis. Men put a stretcher patient into a U.S. Navy model of a DH-4 Amb-1 ambulance airplane. The ambulance aircraft takes off and in flight.
Aircraft are used for different purposes in the United States. An army blimp sprays poison on moths, destroyers of timber. Men load insecticide into the hopper in the gondola of a U.S. motor balloon. The balloon in flight over a wooded area. It dusts the woods with the insecticide powder.
Aircraft are used for different purposes in the United States. Men and a pilot and an observer load a three-lensed camera into the back cockpit of a two-winged bi-plane for map making. A view from an aircraft into the two cockpits of another aircraft directly below. Two U.S. Army Air Service officers assemble a mosaic map on a wall. A mosaic aerial map. An aerial photograph of New York City, the Island of Manhattan with the East River on the right and the Hudson River on the left.
The need to develop air power in the United States. Battleships underway at sea. Eleven bi winged single engine aircraft fly in a V formation. A line of 6 battleships in water off the coast of New England, U.S. A 1920 vintage battleship fires a salvo from its guns at the enemy. The battleships fire guns. Shore batteries fire large guns. Sailors load a deck gun. An early model submarine. The submarine submerges. Its periscope visible above water surface. Naval crafts set their depth charges and fire them. Depth charges going off in the background. A ship sinks. A United States Army Air Service ( USAAS ) Curtiss PW-8 aircraft in flight. 4 bombs fall away from the aircraft. The bombs hit and explode on USS Alabama. Smoke rises as explosions occur on the ship. A ship rolls over and sinks. A USAAS Curtiss-Martin NBS-1 bomber in flight. Two bombs fall away from the aircraft. Explosions in water. Aerial and ground shots of a ship sinking. Large guns of a battleship fire. Animation of enemy airships and aircraft flying over water towards New York. Release of the aircraft from the airships. Aircraft flying over New York City. Aerial view of skyscrapers of the city. A Curtiss- Martin NBS-1 bomber in flight. Two bombs fall toward the ground. Animation of explosions against the New York skyline. A USAAS Curtiss JN-4 aircraft in flight. A bomb falls towards the ground. Animation of bombs hitting New York City. A machine gunner in a fighter aircraft fires at another aircraft. The aircraft falls and burns. Bomb explosions in the city. An observation balloon catches fire and falls. A man in a parachute descends near the balloon. Animation of a burning city. An early model submarine cruising. A bi winged twin pontooned aircraft in flight over a group of battleships and destroyers. A group of aircraft in flight. A Fokker T-2 aircraft in flight. Animation of an airship flying over a city and tying up to a mast located on the top of a tall building. A flag of the U.S. flutters in breeze.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on a visit to the United States. Exterior of the National Press Club in Washington DC. Traffic in front of the building U.S. flag and a flag flutter in breeze from the building. Journalists at a press conference addressed by Khrushchev. He discusses the objectives of his journey. After the conference, Khrushchev leaves in a car for a sight seeing tour of the city. Aerial view of the U.S. Capitol. Khrushchev visits the Lincoln Memorial with senators and congressmen. They pose outside the monument.
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