A dozen RAF Supermarine Spitfire Mk1 fighter planes of No. 222 Squadron take off during the Battle of Britain in World War 2. They take of in unison, from their base at RAF Station Hornchurch, and fly very low in loose formation over the terrain. Next, they are seen, fairly close up, flying in flights of three, as viewed from another (camera) airplane. Puffy white clouds are in the background. The Squadron flies by in four flights of three each. They are seen from various angles and distances and join up to fly as a single formation of 12 near the end of the film.
Biplane Curtiss JN-2 stands on field at Hammondsport in New York. The plane was manufactured by Curtiss Aeroplane Company. The plane has 'Curtiss' written on it.
Confederate Air Force showing historical aircraft at air show in Harlingen Texas. Reenactments of Pearl Harbor attack during World War 2. Japanese planes (torpedo bomber) Kate's replica and (fighter plane) Zero's replica remade from U.S. aircraft are used in the show. Zero and Kate Japanese planes in flight. Explosions seen. Smoke rises in the sky.
Confederate Air Force showing historical aircraft at air show in Harlingen Texas. United States fighter planes of World War II in show. P-40E fighter aircraft and P-39 Airacobra fighter plane take off. Reenactment of Pearl Harbor attack with B-17 bomber aircraft simulated emergency landing. B25 bomber take off. SB2C Helldiver bomber aircraft seen. P- 40 fighter aircrafts in flight. B-24 bomber take off. P-39 Airacobra in flight.
American comedian Jack Benny at Eniwetok Island during World War 2 to entertain U.S. troops. Actress Carole Landis talks to Benny while smoking a cigarette. Carole Landis signs her autograph for several soldiers who approach her. Landis and other members of the show, including singer Martha Tilton, board a PBY Catalina aircraft. PBY Catalina takes off from the island.
Group of United Auto Workers visits Camp Atterbury during World War 2 to get a first hand perspective on what life is like for the soldiers who are receiving the military vehicles and weaponry they build as factory workers in Detroit. The auto workers exit a train car at the camp and run through steps similar to new recruits, including a basic medical check and receiving uniforms from a quartermaster. The auto workers try some of the same training drills as regular soldiers, including an obstacle course, bayonet drills, and crossing a ravine over water on a rope bridge while mock bombing takes place near them. The men clean dishes in a mess hall kitchen and make beds in a barracks. Scene changes to a Detroit factory where officers and soldiers from the Camp tour with the auto workers. They view B-24 liberator aircraft being built, tanks being built as treads are assembled onto vehicles, other vehicles being built. War production workers building and assembling war materiel. Welding and assembly line operations seen. Wide view of factory floor with many newly assembled military tanks and vehicles completed. Newly completed tanks are demonstrated on an open field as officials observe. A war production worker speaks and encourages fellow workers to work hard to support the soldiers.
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