Different features of the U.S. Air Force F-105B Thunderchief fighter bomber in United States. An animated and actual footage explains the air induction of the F-105B. The F-105B taxis and stops. The right wing air intake. Several views of F-105B right wing air intake with sliding plug in operation. The fuselage bleed doors in operation. The vertical fin air intake of the aircraft.
A U.S. Air Force trooper carrier Douglas C-124 Globemaster aircraft is seen parked at the Orly Airfield, in France, with some men standing beneath it. Close-up of two U.S. Air Force officers conversing with a French Paratroop officer (in civilian clothes, but wearing a foulard) and a French military officer, in trench coat and overseas cap. View shifts to French paratroopers, carrying their gear and entering the C-124 aircraft by way of its ramps lowered from the open clamshell door. Glimpse from inside the aircraft cabin of the troopers approaching in a long line. View, from below and behind the open doors, of troopers walking up the ramps. Close-up of troopers with duffle bags passing the camera. Interior of the C-124 seen from the ramp entrance, as aircraft crew members walk to the ladder leading to the upper crew compartment. More views of French troopers, with gear, boarding the aircraft. View of cabin where troopers are seated, and the Air Force crew's loadmaster is securing some of the cargo with tie down straps. The American aircraft commander, dressed in flight suit, shakes hands with French officers, and signs something, before departing. People standing nearby as the aircraft clamshell door is closed. View of engines being started and the C-124 taxiing out. "Troop Carrier, United States Air Force," written on the aircraft fuselage. The aircraft number shown on nosewheel door is "094." Another C-124 (Number "263") is seen taxiing. Slight out-of -sequence scene shows a fireguard standing with fire bottle beside aircraft "263,"as it starts engine number three, and then walks to engine four, for its start. Next shot is of aircraft "094," with engines running and some last minute item being loaded through the front hatch. French military waving goodbye. One of the C-124s taking off and breaking ground. followed later, by the second. The two U.S. Air Force officers with French Paratroop officer in civilian clothes and a uniformed officer in overseas cap (seen at beginning of film) watch the departing aircraft.
United States Air Force VIPs and officers listen to a speech during the roll-out and christening of F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter aircraft in Saint Louis, Missouri. VIPs include Assistant Air Force Secretary (R&D) Grant L. Hansen and his wife, General William Momyer (TAC), General George Brown (AFSC), General Jack Catton (MAC), General Jack Merrell (AFLC), Lieutenant General George Simler (ATC), Lieutenant General James Stewart (ASD); Lieutenant General Otto F. Glasser (DC8) - R&D), Major General Benjamin Bellis (F-15 SPO), and Brigadier General Donald Nunn (USAF Contract Management Div). Cameramen record the event with cameras. Banner above cameramen and crowd reads “United States Air Force 25th Anniversary”. A United States Air Force official makes a speech. McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle fighter taxiing to display position on ramp. The pilot on the F-15 aircraft debarking. He shakes hands with Mrs. Iris Rose Hansen, wife of Grant L. Hansen.
Strafing of German targets by the U.S. 8th Air Force on Western front, especially northern Holland, Netherlands. Air Force plane in tactical operations. Gun camera footage of U.S. Army Air Force fighter planes out of Strasbourg strafing German held targets in northern Holland including railroad lines and trains. Explosion rises from a hit target. Another large explosion erupts from a target, possibly ammunition depot. Wing is shot and breaks off of incoming German airplane. More scenes of dramatic explosions as targets on ground are hit by American aircraft. Another German plane is hit and is seen falling from the sky. A parachute is seen ejecting one of the crew from the German aircraft. Enemy German held warehouses and other targets are hit by American aircraft strafing. Compelling and dramatic views of explosions including some where debris flies up in air toward attacking U.S. aircraft. (World War II period).
Blitz air attack on London by Germany during World War II, focusing on night attacks in October of 1940 during Battle of Britain. Goering and Adolf Hitler sit and discuss. A German aircraft takes off for a blitz night air attack on London. British soldiers observe through binoculars. British soldiers play chess and pool. A soldier looks at a map. German planes bombs on the British soil. People gathered at air raid shelter. Homes and business offices on fire. British people sleep on a platform of an underground railway station (Leicester Square tube station underground) for protection during bombing. Man emerges from Anderson Shelter (family air raid shelter) after bombing. People move through ruins of their damaged houses after the attack. British citizens eat at lunch counters and homes and talk. A couple walks towards a house. A man holds a broken mirror in his hand and talks to a woman. Views of cleanup underway in streets after attack, and numerous damaged buildings in England from Luftwaffe Blitz. British civilians traveling to work through debris in streets. British men and women workers at work in a factory.
Air drops during military operations in Burma in World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces (AAF) Douglas C-47 Skytrain in flight. The aircraft flies over an air strip below. Shadow of the C-47 on the barren strip. Green plains and hills. USAAF roundel on the aircraft wing. Air views of the topography. Tree covered hills and plains. The aircraft in flight over clouds.
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