Training of a chimpanzee during Project Mercury at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. Trainers walk with a chimpanzee. The cage of the chimpanzee. Several chimpanzees in the cage.
Training of a chimpanzee during Project Mercury at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. A chimpanzee seated on a spacecraft couch. He operates levers in the spacecraft.
Training of a chimpanzee during NASA Project Mercury preparations at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. Animal test is conducted as chimpanzee rides a rocket sled on a track. Men walk along the side of the track. Buildings in the background. Technicians check the chimp (not seen) after the rocket sled test.
U.S. carrier-based aircraft attack Japanese targets in Philippines. U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat taking off from the flight deck. Men remove chocks from aircraft. U.S. Navy SB2C Helldiver taking off from the carrier. Men on deck underneath an aircraft. Plane director on the deck. The U.S. Navy TBM Avenger taking off. Gun camera scenes from U.S. Navy fighter aircraft attacking formation of Japanese Mitsubishi G4M ("Betty") bombers. They shoot down a number of them, including one that loses its wing during the encounter.
A concert pianist (Emil Gilels) in civilian clothes sits at a grand piano set up on a stage outdoors on the flight line of a Soviet Air Base during World War 2. Soviet airmen dressed in flight gear, listen attentively to the concert, as several sit in their cockpits or on the wings of their Mikoyan-Gurevich (MIG 3) fighter aircraft. Many others are assembled around the stage.(Several lend-lease C-47 aircraft are seen in the background.) A Mig-3 flies low over the the assembly.Lieutenant Aleksandr Ivanovich Pokryshkin,a renowned Soviet fighter pilot, is seen in cockpit of the plane, after landing, as he shuts the engine down. He climbs down, wearing a seat-pack parachute, and walks across the ramp toward two decorated Soviet airmen. They exchange salutes. Pokryshkin then joins them,leaning against the wing of a MIG-3. The camera focuses upon Pokryshkin. The concert pianist finishes playing and the airmen applaud. Scene shifts to airmen loading boxes of supplies aboard a C-47 transport airplane. A C-47 in flight overhead.
Combat training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California, United States. A sign reads 'Dispensary, 1st Force Service Regt. Fleet Marine Force'. Marines march in formation along a path in front of the dispensary. The marines halt. An officer marches by their side. Buildings in the far background. A taxicab moves past a wooden building. Other vehicles parked in front of the building. The taxicab turns and stops. The Marines wearing uniforms come out of the cab. The taxicab has sea bags tied on its roof. U.S. Navy corpsmen wearing work uniforms standing near a table outside the building holding injection guns. The Marines moving past the corpsmen in a line and receiving shots. A sign reads 'Replacement Personnel Reporting'. A small wooden pavilion type structure next to a wooden office building. A Marine in uniform places the sea bag in the small structure and moves up the steps into the office building. A sign over the pavilion type structure reads ' Replacement Personnel Stow Your Gear Here Prior To Entering Reception Center'.
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