Progress report of United States Air Force B-52G and B-52H in the United States. The United States Air Force B-52G aircraft in flight carrying two XGAM-77 during a test flight. Activity at the Wichita Plant in Kansas. Contractors development inspection and technical compliance inspection shows mock-ups of B-52H and Gatling M-61. A crowd observes seat ejection and 20mm ammunition demonstration. A sign board reads 'Crossing' and 'Rail Road'. Railroad car with covered section of B-52 moving past a crossing. A B-52 H in assembly area showing fuselage. Roll out of the first B-52H from the hangar. Inspection of B-52H cabin controls and turbo fan engine. GAM-87 mock-up under wing of B-52H and M-61 Gatling gun.
Progress report of United States Air Force B-52G and B-52H in the United States. United States Air Force B-52G in flight carrying GAM-77 under its wing. The GAM-77 being lowered from missile bay door. The GAM-72 launches from B-52G which begins a solo flight. Workers remove parts of aircraft fuselage and piece of equipment from panel of gauges.
American civilians prepare for an Air Raid drill in Arkansas, United States, during World War 2, as part of Civilian Defense exercises. Board on the door reads 'Homer M Adkins Governor'. The Governor in his speech talks about the war situation and possibility of Japanese air attack. Governor Adkins gives a message to cooperate with the government and help out during the war situation. He states that the city must be ready for any kind of emergency.
Air raid alarm raised in London during World War II. A poster reads 'Imminent Peril of War'. Anti air raid precaution signs on streets. The British crowd at 10 Downing Street. British Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax and other officials walk out of a building in 10 Downing Street. Photographers take pictures. Honor Guard salutes dignitary.
Ongoing ceremony to commemorate 1st Anniversary of the Battle of Britain in England during World War II. ATC (Air Training Corps) boys at service on the aerodrome. The ATC boys bow their heads and pray. The group marches on field led by an officer. Captain of Aerodrome reviews Air Training Corps.
United States Army Air Corps Alaska Flight Project begins in Washington DC. YB-10 bomber (tail number 151) takes off from Patterson Field, Ohio, heading for Washington, DC, the official starting point for the operation. A few Martin YB-10 aircraft taxiing at Bolling Field, Washington, DC (20 MacDill Blvd SE, Washington, DC 20032, USA). Several Martin YB-10 bombers parked in a line, with ground crews attending them. Chief of the United States Air Corps, General Benjamin Delahauf Foulois; United States Assistant Secretary of War Harry Woodring and Commander of the Alaska Flight, Colonel Henry H. Arnold, stand along with the Alaska Flight pilots, in front of a project airplane, number 143, painted with the project logo: an eagle perched over a map of Alaska. Secretary Woodring meets and shakes hands with the pilots.
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