Training of U.S. Army Air Force gunners in the United States. United States aerial gunners do physical exercise. The gunners are blind folded. They disassemble and reassemble weapons. A gunner boards an airplane with a gun. The gun is equipped with a camera. Airplanes in flight showing aerial combat.
A United States Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft takes off from China during World War II. The B-29 Superfortress aircraft taxis and takes off from a runway. The aircraft in flight over mountains. Engineers of the Chinese Army construct landing strips.
Demonstration of survival techniques in tropical rain forests in the Philippines. Children row a boat in a river. Aerial view of a bridge over the river. Animated map of the Mekong River in South East Asia, the Congo River in Central Africa and the Amazon River in South America. Aerial view of inland water ways. Heavy foliage on either side of the river. United States Air Force Captain Jim Holt demonstrates basic survival tricks and techniques in tropical rain forest: he cuts bamboo and makes a jar from it. He fills stream water in the jar. He adds purification tablets in the water. He uses a probe stick to test water depth and avoids deep holes. The stick supports him while walking on a rocky path. He searches for food in rocks with the stick. He moves along the rocky path. He sits and rests.
Demonstration of survival techniques in tropical rain forests in the Philippines. United States Air Force Captain Jim Holt demonstrates food collecting techniques: Jim rows a raft and moves through tropical rain forests. Plant food is the most available source of food. He chooses a campsite above the high water mark and ties his raft. He catches fresh water crabs and snails for food. He collects termites from a tree and throws them in river water during fishing. He catches fish using a t- shirt as a fishing net.
Demonstration of survival techniques in tropical rain forests in the Philippines. United States Air Force Captain Jim Holt demonstrates evacuation techniques : Jim sits on a sleeping platform. He sees a rescue helicopter in flight over the forest. He quickly arranges wood and lights a fire to give a smoke indication. He waves at rescue personnel.
New records completed at Le Bourget Airport in Paris, France. Two U.S. Air Force helicopters land at the Le Bourget airport in Paris. The captains make the first non stop transatlantic flight aboard the helicopters. Men greet and welcome the captains for setting a new record. Captains and crew pose with the helicopter. In final scene, a Douglas DC 8-61, the world's largest jet airplane, lands at the airport after its first flight. Passengers get off the DC-8 aircraft.
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