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A 25 ton single unit package is dropped by the U.S. Air Force cargo transport plane to an airbase in California.
25 ton, single unit, air dropping by United States Air Force in California. A four engine cargo transport plane. Package of 25 tons attached to four parachutes dropped on airbase. Dust raised. A man with the obtained package.
Second Italian-Ethiopian War. Ethiopian Air Force flyers, including John C. Robinson ("The Brown Condor"), look at a map.
Footage during the Second Italian-Ethiopian war (also Second Italo-Abyssinian War). Ethiopian Air Force officers, in uniform, wearing flyer's wings, discuss a map of the area. Close view of famous African American pilot John C. Robinson, also known as the "Brown Condor" and regarded years later as the father of the Tuskegee Airmen. Robinson, a native of Mississippi, commanded the Ethiopian Air Force after volunteering his services to Haile Selassie. Robinson is seen speaking with Ethiopian pilots. Military vehicle in the background. The fliers converse among themselves.
Short film showing some officers and aircraft of the Ethiopian Air Force in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War
Two Ethiopian Air Force officers converse in a hangar where several high wing monoplanes are parked with parts of them covered. Camera comes closer to one of the officers near the covered tail of an airplane, who watches several men working on an airplane. He then turns and walks toward the camera. He appears to be John C. Robinson (also called "The Brown Condor"), a native of Mississippi who volunteered to command the Ethiopian Air Force during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. He wears the uniform of a Colonel. Film concludes with closeup of a young Ethiopian officer (unidentified).
Pilot Ernie Smith and Navigator Emory Bronte participating in the 1927 Dole Air Race from Oakland, California to Hawaii
Fliers in the Dole Derby air race take off for Hawaii. The "City of Oakland," a Travel Air 5000 aircraft is seen being readied for flight. Pilot Ernie Smith and navigator Emory Bronte pose at the front of the aircraft, inspecting the engine and propeller. Closeup of the two. Next, a mechanic hand-cranks the engine to start it. Pilot, Smith climbs into the cockpit and closes its door. On July 14th, the aircraft is seen on takeoff roll toward and past the camera, which continues to track it through the takeoff. (The aircraft ran out of fuel and crash landed on the island of Molokai, in Hawaii on July 15th. Smith and Bronte were flown by Army aircraft to Wheeler field, the same day, where they were feted as the first civilians to fly across the Pacific.)
Winners of the 1927 Dole Derby Trans-Pacific air race land in Honolulu, Hawaii.
A huge crowd of people (including a number of U.S. Army personnel in uniform) converges on the airfield at Honolulu, Hawaii, to witness the arrival of the Travel Air 5000 airplane, named "woolarc," winner of the Dole Derby trans-Pacific air race. The aircraft taxis across a wide swath of grass, assisted by men at each wing. A small airplane taxis behind it. An Army officer walks past the camera. Pilot Arthur C. Goebel and navigator, William V. Davis Jr. are seen next with Hawaiian Leis around their necks as they are surrounded by congratulatory well-wishers. They are closely escorted by an Army officer into a tent, where some children, including one boy with a bandage and patch over his left eye. Outdoors, Pilot Arthur Goebel receives more flower leis and poses for closeups. Next, the Breese-Wilde 5 Monoplane, NX914, "Aloha" is seen taxiing after arriving second in the race. an Army officer waves some spectators away from the taxiing aircraft. Navigator Paul Schluter waves from the rear cockpit. He and pilot, Martin Jensen, are next seen with leis around their necks. In the final sequence, winners Goebel and Davis are seen with second place aviators, Jensen and Schluter, flanking James D. Dole, who has just presented each pair their award checks.
Operations of the air defense team in United States, during World War II.
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.
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