Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat (nick-named "Spruce Goose") being towed back to its berth, after a short maiden flight. Small boats surround it . Many spectators on shore.
Howard Hughes and retired Major General Oliver P. Echols ( former Air Force Chief Material Officer, responsible for all Air Force wartime procurement) testify before the Senate War Investigating Subcommittee, chaired by Senator Owen Brewster.
A Colt Model 1911 and its various parts. The semi-automatic pistol including magazine spring, slide, magazine catch, trigger assembly, and barrel are shown being assembled in an animated sequence, part by part.
An American soldier is shown, among buildings at a military base, kneeling beside a rifle set on a stand for test firing into an earthen berm nearby. He places a round into the chamber and closes the bolt. He then opens the bolt and retrieves the round (which slips from his hand and drops to the ground). Next, two different size rounds of ammunition are shown.
An American soldier, at a U.S. Army base in World War 1, displays a Lewis machine gun without a shroud. He holds it at various angles for the camera. Next, a soldier is seen test firing the Lewis gun set up on an improvised wooden stand in an open field. View from beside the soldier as he fires the gun. Another view from behind him as he fires downward into a ravine.
American Army airmen are seen working on an American-built De Havilland DH-4 aircraft ("Liberty Plane") in a hangar, during World War 1. One airman picks up a Marlin M1918 machine gun from the ground and holds it up for the camera to photograph from various angles. He then hands the gun to two other airmen in the DH-4 cockpit, who install it next to one already in place. The scene also clearly shows the American 400 HP V-12 Liberty engine installed in the plane (cover has been removed). Next, an airman is seen in the observer (gunner) position in the rear of the airplane. He is installing a Lewis machine gun in the Scarff ring of the plane. He checks the ability of the gun to vary its elevation in the Scarff ring.
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