United States and British officers in Germany during World War II. United States and British soldiers march with the American and the British flag. U.S. aircraft parked in the background. Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe General Dwight D Eisenhower along with staff walks on a runway at an airfield. Commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe General Carl Andrew Spaatz and British Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder walk towards General Eisenhower. The officers salute General Eisenhower. A U.S. soldier stands with a flag in hand. General Eisenhower shakes hands with officers and converses with them. United States Army Air Force General James Harold Doolittle stands with other British officers. An aircraft parked on the ground. A tent pitched on a field with soldiers in the foreground.
View of the "Explorer I" Stratosphere Balloon with a Pressurized Capsule as it prepares for take off with three occupants near Rapid City, South Dakota. U.S. Army Air Corps personnel working with the National Geographic Explorers to prepare for launch. View of the balloon during its successful take off from the ground at the "Stratobowl" in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Aerial views from a nearby airplane of the Explorer I balloon in flight over wild natural terrain. Several views of a family in a living room gathered at console radio and other people gathered at radio to listen to reports about the balloon. View of radio announcers in studio during reporting. Next scenes show aftermath of crash. Men sort through wreckage of balloon and gondola. "Army Air Corps" written on part the wrecked pressurized Capsule. Wreckage of the balloon. Officials inspect the capsule and balloon fabric wreckage. (The crew parachuted safely to the ground shortly before the gondola crashed in Loomis, Nebraska.) View of crew members on the ground including Army Air Corps Captain Albert W. Stevens, Flight commander Major William Kepner, and Captain Orville A. Anderson, pilot.
U.S. military officers make plans following encirclement of U.S. forces in Korea near Chosin Reservoir in November 1950. General Douglas Macarthur gets out of a car and is greeted by an officer. He walks inside a building in Tokyo, Japan. Scene changes to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A board reads 'Commander in Chief Pacific and United States Pacific Fleet'. The Commander in Chief of the United States Pacific Command, Admiral Arthur William Radford, sits at a desk in his office and signs a document with orders. Scene changes to Tokyo again, with exterior sign and awning that says "Commander Naval Forces, Far East." Vice Admiral Charles Turner Joy directs support for the imperiled forces in Korea. He places orders for commander of 7th Fleet, Commander Carrier Division 15, Commander of Fleet Marine Air Wing to move forward with maximum support. A board reads 'Far East Navy Forces'. Different boards read '315th Air Division Combat Cargo', '5th Bomber Command' and '5th Air Force'. U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Edward C. Ewen observes rough sea from a ship during a winter storm. A naval officer looks through binoculars. An officer transfers between ships via breeches buoy. Water splashes over the deck of U.S. Navy ship during heavy storm.
A U.S. Air Force C-54 aircraft, of the Air Transport Command, lands at Luqa airport in Malta. It taxis to the Allied Air Terminal and U.S. Rear Admiral, Lynde D. McCormick, chairman of the Joint Logistics Committee of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, deplanes. He is greeted by other officers involved in arrangements for the Malta Conference, code named: Argonaut, Phase I Cricket). they chat briefly on the windy ramp and then enter a staff car and depart.
A film titled 'Wings of Progress' about the first commercial aircraft reliability tour for Edsel B. Ford Trophy in Dearborn, Michigan. The founder of the Ford Motor Company Henry Ford and the President of the Ford Motor Company Edsel Ford arrive in cars. R.W. Schroeder receives instructions from Edsel Ford. Judges observe details of each aircraft. An aircraft named 'Travel Air' piloted by E.K. Campbell takes off. A second aircraft named 'Travel Air' piloted by Chief Bowhan takes off. Another Travel air aircraft piloted by Walter Beech being flagged off. A 'Junker' and a 'Swallow' piloted by Fred Kelchoir and John Stauffer take off. Another Swallow piloted by Earl Rowland takes off. A Fokker aircraft piloted by E.P. Lott and a 'Carrier pigeon' aircraft piloted by Casey Jones takes off. An aircraft 'Martin' piloted by Codwell being flagged off. Another Martin aircraft piloted by L.S. Richardson takes off. A Ford all metal aircraft piloted by Edward G. Hamilton taxis to take off. An aircraft named 'Yackey Sport' piloted by W.J. Adams takes off.
Royal Air Force aircraft on display at RAF Duxford airfield, Cambridgeshire, England, during making of 1969 movie, "The Battle of Britain." Several views from different angles of a Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft parked on the ramp. The aircraft is painted in wartime colors and displays 8 crosses below the cockpit, indicating downed German aircraft. Four-bladed propeller dominates front view. Also seen are two Royal Air Force Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft parked on the ramp.
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