Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh flies the Curtiss Robin in United States. Plane stands on the field outside the hangar. Men gather near the plane. Colonel Lindbergh walks towards the plane. He talks to a man. Lindbergh and his companion wearing parachutes at front of Curtiss Falcon mail plane. Lindbergh seated in cockpit of the plane. The plane flies.
Pilots assembled in room, plan route for round the globe flight in United States. Officers and pilots in a room hold a model of a plane and discuss about it. They mark places on the globe. President Calvin Coolidge wishes aviators a safe journey. In Santa Monica, California, crews prepare for the departure on the first leg of their journey to Sacramento. Mrs Martin, wife of Commander Christens near the airplane. Other pilots stand nearby her. Major Martin places his luggage aboard. Farewell lunch to the pilots. Pilots service the planes. Map shows the places in which the pilots will fly. Planes fly to Sacramento. Mayor Elkins of Sacramento welcomes the aviators and crew. He wishes them good luck on the remainder of their journey.
Pilots prepare for the second lap of globe flight in United States. The airplanes leaves Mather field for Seattle. People gather to bid them good bye. A large crowd gathers at the field. Airplanes fly in the sky. High altitude view of the field. The plane crosses Columbia River. It crosses Mount Shasta. It flies over Sand Point, Seattle. The plane lands in water at the Canadian Territory. People gather to greet the pilots. They receive British colors and memorial souvenir of Prince Rupert.
The operations of the air defense team in United States. A B-26 aircraft flies over a snow-covered area. Views of American domestic sites that need antiaircraft protection. View of Southern Manhattan Island, showing skyscrapers. Views of factories, mills, canals, bridges, steel mills, refineries, industrial sites, and a major Dam. Warships passing through a canal. Soldiers man antiaircraft gun in New York City, with view of skyscraper buildings in background. Barrage balloons fly in the sky. Soldiers stand near barricades and 37mm antiaircraft artillery . Short range radar in the field to detect and locate the position of enemy aircraft. Soldier sits and watches the radar. Men and women in Air Defense Area Operations Center. They coordinate fighters, antiaircraft artillery, barrage balloons, radar, and searchlights. They discuss and detect the positions of the enemy. An area controller talks on the telephone. Men and women locate enemy aircraft on a map. Soldiers stand near antiaircraft artillery.
Military vehicles carry antiaircraft artillery in United States, during World War II. Soldiers stand with antiaircraft artillery in a field. Animation shows the operations of the radar, fighter aviation and the antiaircraft artillery. The operation of short range aircraft units. P-47 fighter aircraft on the field. They take off. Soldiers in bunker with antiaircraft artillery target a plane. Houses in the background.
Men discuss improving the living conditions aboard ship in United States. Ship in the sea. Smoke from the stack of the ship. Sailors fire from the ship. crew in the ship. Officers discuss about the living conditions in the ship. They discuss a plan. Ships in the shipyard. Other vehicles parked on the street near the shipyard. Men write on a paper. Ship in the sea.
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