Views of pilot loading bullets. Indicators of aircraft and pilot pulling triggers of aircraft Curtiss P-40C. P-40C on ramp firing six machine guns on the ground target. (World War II period).
U.S. Army Air Force Officers setting up a portable film laboratory besides aircraft C-45A. Aircraft B-26 dropping prints by parachute. Prints are developed in the mobile laboratory and then taken to Commanding Officer by jeep.
Views of aircraft B-17Ds on flight line after arrival from U.S. for inspection. Airmen inspecting B-17Ds. Many views of B-17Ds parked on airfield.
Views of conveyor system in use at Bell Aircraft Plant, Niagara Falls. Workers inspecting and working with planes moving on belt. Bell P-39 Airacobra taking off. Views of Bell P-39 Airacobra in flight. (World War 2 era war production effort.)
Views of diesel powered bulldozer leveling off sandy field and pierced steel planking (PSP) laid down by U.S. Army workers to quickly build landing strip at Marston Strip, North Carolina, supporting Camp Hoffman airfield (later renamed Camp Mackall in 1943). A C-47D aircraft landing on the new landing strip. This was the first use of the perforated steel planking, nicknamed "Marston Mats" (or sometimes misspelled "Marsden Mats"), which were widely employed by the U.S. Army in World War 2.
Royal Canadian Air Force cadets arriving and in formation at Mitchel Field. Cadets examining P-40C aircrafts.
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