During the Vietnam War, views of armored vehicle evaluations of the 34th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry Division on training grounds in the United States. Wave of tanks fire machine guns as they cross a field. U.S. M-48 Patton tank stuck in dense bamboo growth. A tank with dozer blade helps to pull the stuck tank out of the bamboo growth. Soldiers chop bamboo beside the tank. Tanks in single file move into dense jungle. Aerial view of wave of tanks crossing the field.
A U.S. military film about use of flat camouflage net to avoid enemy detection during World War 2. U.S. Army soldiers stretch a camouflage net flat and taut before folding it. Men fold the net in a standard fashion, as a team, to ensure that the net is properly stored and ready for setup when needed. An officer gives command to the soldiers working as a team to fold the net. Men fold the net as a team. The camouflage net is rolled and tied.
A film about the history of aviation in the United States. Retired Air Force Brigadier General, Frank Lahm talks about his first flight, as an Army Lieutenant, with Orville Wright on the Wright Flyer airplane, in July, 1909.Then, Retired Major GeneralBenjamin Foulois recalls how, as an Army Lieutenant, he flew the final cross-country and speed test flight from Fort Myer to Alexandria , Virginia, and back, again, with Orville Wright on 30th July, 1909. Film then shows that event, on July 30, 1909. Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois is seen climbing aboard the Wright Flyer airplane to accompany Orville Wright on the final cross-country and speed test required by the U.S. Army before it would purchase any aircraft. View of the Wright Flyer taking off with Wright and Foulois. Spectators watch in the background. View from another perspective of the aircraft taking off from Fort Myer, Virginia. View of the Wright Flyer being moved by several soldiers after landing back on the Fort Myer drill ground. (In his comments about this, Foulois notes that the flight set three world records: flying ten miles cross-country; attaining altitude of 600 feet, and speed of 42.5 miles per hour.)
Part of a series of films about the history of aviation in the United States.Retired United States Air Force Brigadier General Frank P. Lahm is seen speaking about his aviation pioneering days, when Orville Wright taught him and Frederick E. Humphreys of Army Engineers (both Lieutenants at the time) how to fly the Wright Flyer airplane. Views of a Wright Flyer maneuvering in the air above Fort Myer, Virginia. Somewhat later, two are seen in flight at Fort Myer. An early Curtiss airplane.is maneuvered on the ground to face away from the camera. Russian, Igor Sikorsky in an early rear propeller airplane. Igor Sikorsky at a desk in a modern engineering office. Sketch of a helicopter on drawing board behind him. He talks about the early days of experimental flight in 1909 and 1910. View of Louis Bleriot sitting in the open cockpit of his airplane, and then of him flying overhead in his famous flight across the English Channel. Obeservers watching his progress through binoculars and a telescope. Sikorsky standing next to his first helicopter (which didn't fly).
The 40th Anniversary of the Wright brothers first airplane flight in the United States. A picture of Ohio Governor Judson Harmon presenting a medal to the Wright brothers and people in a stadium arranged to form a flag. A flag being raised. The Wright brothers and other dignitaries surround a flag pole. Aviator Orville Wright raises a flag. A gun salute in front of Air Material building. Aviator Orville Wright, General Quincy Gillmore and U.S. Army Colonel Edward Andrew Deeds present.
The 40th Anniversary of the Wright brothers first airplane flight in the United States. Still photo of the NCR Auditorium filled with people. U.S. Army Colonel Edward Andrew Deeds, aviator Orville Wright, the founder of Ford Motor Company Henry Ford and American inventor Charles Franklin Kettering present. A still photo of Orville and Wilbur Wright.
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