'Normandy: Air borne invasion of fortress Europe ' Allied invasion of Normandy. Lieutenant General William S Knudsen introduces the film to be presented, expressing thanks to makers of the glider aircraft used in the invasion, who are the intended audience of the film. Field Order no1, 9th Troop commander Carrier. A man puts a Top Secret seal on the order. The Captain of United States 82nd Air Borne Division briefs men about the terrain with the help of a mosaic. A map of Europe shows principle cities of the continent. Map and narrator describe German Atlantic Wall coastal defenses on European continent. A giant concrete coastal gun emplacement. A large German railroad coastal gun moved out of a concrete shelter. Various concrete structures, sandbag structures of coastal guns. A concrete base gun turret revolves. Huge coastal guns protrude from concrete gun emplacements. Huge steel and concrete tank barriers stretched across. Large concrete and steel structures built along the coast to prevent assault craft from landing. Combined Chiefs of staff of the United Nations at a meeting. George Marshall and Henry Arnold at the head of the table during the meeting. A map shows invasion area near Le Harve. Troop Carrier units departing for Allied invasion on Sicily, Africa on 10 July, 1943. The United States C-47 aircraft take off towing gliders from an airfield in Africa. Troops transported from British 1st Air Borne division and United States 82nd Air Borne division. Dust rises as aircraft take off from a desert field. Demolished gliders on field and beside water. Multiple views of demolished gliders. C-47 in flight and paratroopers jump from the plane in New Guinea. Instructor trains paratroopers in United States. Discussion and demonstration of improvements in glider equipment and usage after Sicily Invasion and prior to D-Day Normandy invasion. Two men attach link nose chain to glider. Parachute extended and held open by men. Pilot of a glider talks to the pilot of the plane towing the glider over intercom.
Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. Air to air hits on MIG-15 aircraft. Supersonic propellers turned by men at test stands. Newspaper headline reads 'Reds invade South Korea'. United States F-86 aircraft in flight and then stationary on ground. A split frame picture shows F-59 dives low, F-86 D stationary, Martin Matador being launched, X-1 aircraft in flight and a document 'Nuclear Powered Aircraft'. An animation on training bases and logistics system. Wind tunnel at Wright airfield. Milling machine in operation at a machine shop. A typist at work, Flight engineer inside B-50 aircraft. Project engineer of B-50 aircraft studies the instruments and records aircraft performance. Aerial views of Wright air field with wind tunnel, Aero Med lab and Wright memorial. A B-47 flies overhead the Wright memorial.
United States Air Force Lockheed U-2 aircraft assigned to Strategic Air Command's 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing for filter duct calibration flight testing. A Lockheed U-2 aircraft in flight in the United States. Clouds in the sky. 'United States Air Force' painted on the aircraft. Right side aerial views of the U-2 aircraft, which is U-2A-1 “HASP”, USAF, 66714, 4080th, SRW Laughlin Air Force Base.
Air Sea rescue operations in the Carribean. Officers in control room as they speak over the wireless. A man plots on a map. United States Air Force OA-10 A air sea rescue plane, from the First Rescue Squadron at Howard Air Force Base, U.S. Panama Canal Zone, is seen in flight. Aircraft flies low over the sea. Crew of the plane in the observation point while in flight. Men in life raft wave towards the plane. Rescue plane lands and taxis.
U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon visits a U.S. air base at Kimpo in Korea. Nixon with United States Air Force officers. A sign in the background reads: "4th Fighter Intercepter Group Combat Operations". He climbs into the cockpit of and F-86 aircraft. He shakes hand with some air force officers. Some cameramen with their recording cameras. The officers salute. Nixon meets some flyers from the United Kingdom, as well, standing in front of their Canberra twin jet aircraft. Two squadrons of U.S. Air Force jet fighters fly over in formation.
Thor-Agena orbital vehicle being launched from Vandenberg air force base, California. Missile launch crew in blockhouse prepares for launch. Thor-Agena engine ignition, lift-off and climb. Launch crew in blockhouse after Thor-Agena firing. Animation depicts flight of Thor-Agena including second-stage separation. Agena pitches to horizontal position and ground radar antenna receives signal from Agena. Second stage ignition and cut-off, and nose cone separation and re-entry over the Pacific. U.S. Air Force RC-121 aircraft in flight. U.S. Air Force C-119 recovery unit makes practice snatch of parachute and capsule. C-119 Flying Boxcar planes in flight. Recovery unit in the Pacific. C-119 aircraft equipped with trapeze. Us Air Force Captain speaks at Vandenberg AFB. He stands beneath a dish shaped radar in operation. Agena vehicle travels through star-studded sky.
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