United States Army Air Corps aircraft. A Bell YFM-1 Airacuda taking off and seen in-flight. Close views of this unusual design with twin pusher-propellers behind greenhouse-nosed nacelles with cannons. American aircraft takes off from an airfield. Aerial views of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in flight. Close view of the cockpit area, and then side view of the entire aircraft in flight. A British Royal Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator takes off from an airfield and its landing gear is seen retracting horizontally beneath the wings.
United States Army paratroopers jump from a formation of U.S. Army Air Corps Douglas C-47 Skytrains (DC-3) in flight during exercises. White parachutes fill the sky. Aerial view of formation of Army Air Corps Vultee A-19 aircraft in flight. Aerial view of a formation of U.S. Army Air Corps Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft. Snowy mountain peak in the background.
Thousands of people gathered in streets of a town to hear President Franklin D. Roosevelt speak during the 1940 Presidential campaign in the United States. Numerous signs carried in the crowd display CIO and AFL letters representing unions.One reads: "Labor wants Roosevelt." One refers to New York truck drivers who support Roosevelt. The President addresses the crowd from a balcony overlooking the street corner. He is surrounded by photograpers and newsmen, and others.
Events related to the visit of President Franklin Roosevelt to a World War II warplane production plant in the United States. President Roosevelt's motorcade moves on road. Crowd gathered along streets wave as the convoy passes by. The motorcade drives through a huge warehouse. Stacked supplies in the warehouse. President in his open Lincoln car drives past a B-24 parked inside the plant. A group of sailors salutes the President as he passes. President talks to an officer in car.
Life of Japanese-Americans living at relocation centers (internment camps) in the United States during World War II. Officers inspect Japanese- American personnel standing at attention. Cars and trucks pass on a road. Trucks parked in garages in the background. Pumpkin grows in a farm at the relocation center.
Slate indicates that 200 million gallons of gasoline are used annually in the United States for power (in 1925). View of a busy city street, possibly New York City, circa 1925 with motor vehicle traffic, pedestrians and many tall buildings. Many early automobiles seen. A worker tests flash point of kerosene. Lighted candle in stuck block of paraffin (wax) showing wax or parrafin as a byproduct of petroleum. Slate indicates that petroleum provides motor fuel, common light, a lubricant for machinery and other important by-products.
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