Rocket sled test of aircraft ejection seat, at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Engineers put a helmet and oxygen mask over a dummy's head. Rocket sled accelerates and ejection seat actuates. Seat seen flying through the air and finally hitting the ground. Braking head on the sled creates wave of water as it slows. Ejection seat and damaged head of the dummy on the ground. A pilot sits in cockpit of an airplane.
U.S. Military Mission visits Communist headquarters in Yan'an, Shaanxi province in China during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Force plane in flight makes landing at an Allied air base. Soldiers and commanders disembark from the plane as the natives watch. The soldiers talk to each other. Soldiers board trucks and other soldiers walk on roads to reach a Communist headquarter. American officers meet Communist leaders Zhou Enlai, Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Ye Jianying, Chen Yi, Nie Rongzhen, Lin Biao, Peng Dehuai and others with warmth.
U.S. President Richard M. Nixon returns from Camp David at Andrew's Air Force Base to the White House, Washington DC. Ground controller standing below South Portico of White House speaks into a microphone as the presidential helicopter prepares for landing. The helicopter lands in the South Lawn of the White House. President Nixon debarks from the plane and walks inside the White House. Pilots in the cockpit of the helicopter as it takes off and flies in the air. An assistant arranges the landing pads of the helicopter.
Japanese Emperor Showa (Hirohito) and Empress Kojun concluding their meeting with U.S. President Richard Nixon and First Lady Patricia Nixon at Anchorage Alaska, in the United States. The dignitaries walk out of a conference room and inspect honor guards. Japanese Emperor and Empress walk on a carpet and board a Japan Air Lines plane at Elmendorf Air Force Base. They wave hands towards the dignitaries and crowd arrives to farewell them. The plane runs on the runway. A limousine with the U.S. and Japanese flags which drove the dignitaries to the airport.
U.S. Army IX Corps maneuvers at the desert training center in United States during World War II. A U.S. aircraft. A U.S. Army Air Force officer comes out of the fighter aircraft. Another officer salutes the Air Force officer. The officers in a discussion. The Maneuver Director's headquarters. The officers communicate. Tents in the background. An officer demonstrates a map to other officers. The communication zone of the headquarters. The officers proceed towards the communication zone. The officers communicate. The 4th machine record unit. The base general depot.
The use of the AZON (AZimuth ONly) smart bomb by United States during World War II. The Tenth Air Force Base in Burma. A soldier unpacks components of the AZON bomb. He unpacks a flare. Soldiers test the radio receiver. An airman conducts a final check on the tail assembly and inserts the radio receiver and battery. A 1 million candle power flare is fixed to the tail. The assembled bombs are brought to the waiting U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberators of the 9th and 493rd Squadrons of the 7th Heavy Bomber Group. The bombs are loaded onto the aircraft for mission targets in lower Burma. The B-24s in flight. The bombs are released. The flare is ignited by a delay fuse. Explosions on the ground as the bombs hit targets. The bombers in flight drop numerous more AZONs. They target roads, canals, and bridges. Six different bombs are dropped simultaneously.
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