Cleveland National air races in Cleveland, Ohio. A formation of 18 U.S. Navy Curtis F-6C4 aircraft in flight at the air race. 18 bi winged aircraft in flight in three rows of six planes each. Another formation of 18 bi winged aircraft in flight. Bi winged aircraft in flight. Three U.S. Army Air Corps P-12 aircraft execute an inside loop while in flight. A large crowd gathered to watch the air race show. A P-12 aircraft executes a barrel roll. A bi winged civilian aircraft executes several 180 degree loops and flies upside down. A parachute descends as a pilot of an aircraft lands in parking lot. Aircraft crashes into the ground. A bi winged aircraft flies low over the ground and then pulls up.
U.S. Army Air Force activities during World War 2. An aviation cadet stands. Group of aviation cadets on flight line at an airfield. Animation of groups going through air and ground training. AT-6 Texan training planes in flight. WASPs (Women Air Force Service Pilots or WASP) board AT-6s. Woman in cockpit of a U.S. Army Air Forcs C-47 Skytrain transport plane. Two women in cockpit of a plane towing a gunnery target. WACs (Women's Army Corps) in a control hangar. Woman fuels an aircraft.
Development of transportation in Europe after World War 2. An ocean-going ship is seen plying the waters of an estuary. A white tower is seen with moving radar antenna on top. A radar operator works in front of radar screens in the control room. He wears headset and microphone. Narrator notes how radar helps navigation in crowded estuaries like the Scheldt. Captain onboard ship ostensibly speaking to the radar operator. Another radar antenna rotating rapidly. A British European Airways (BEA) Vickers VC. 1 Viking airplane at Schiphol Airport (Evert van de Beekstraat 202, 1118 CP Schiphol, Netherlands) in Amsterdam. Glimpses of European airlines using the Douglas DC-3 aircraft such as the Belgian SABENA, Polish LOT and Scandinavian Airlines (SAS). A TAP Air Portugal (Transportes Aéreos Portugueses) DC-6 parked, and a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij) DC-6, named the “Vliegende Hollander”, taxiing. An Air France Sud-Est SE-161 Languedoc 4-engine aircraft, taxiing. View of control tower and related buildings at the airport. A person marking a carton for air delivery. A man loads parcels from his automobile trunk, into a Scandinavian Airlines DC-3 aircraft. Venue shifts to Orly airport (94390 Orly, France) in Paris, France, where a DC-6 airplane sits in front of a terminal building. Airport staff prepare to welcome a dignitary, including uniformed brass band seated at an awninged pavilion, and a military honor guard. A DC-4 aircraft parked in nearby background. A party welcomes the President of France, Vincent Jules Auriol, arriving on an Air France Lockheed Constellation airliner. A large contingent of Army troops are assembled in formation to honor the arriving President. He strolls across the ramp, accompanied by a French general and an admiral, among others. He climbs stairs of the pavilion as the band plays La Marseillaise (National Anthem).
A 1943 film about the December 7, 1941 Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii during World War II. Film blends dramatized scenes with actual historic footage from the event. Formations of Japanese bombers approach Pearl Harbor. USS Arizona (BB-39) bombed. U.S. personnel aboard USS Arizona as the ship is bombed. Smoke billows up from the explosion. U.S. sailors aboard USS Oklahoma (BB-37). USS Oklahoma and USS California (BB-44) are bombed by Japanese aircraft. U.S. troops fire machine guns at Japanese aircraft. USS Cassin (DD-372), USS Downes (DD-375), and USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) bombed in the dry dock of Pearl Harbor. Ships in flames. USS Oglala CM-4 sinks after being attacked. Air raid alarms sound in Honolulu. Japanese people in Honolulu as the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor continues. A Japanese man being interviewed after air raid says he cannot think that Japanese aircraft attacked Pearl Harbor.
Activities in and around the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) station at Fylingdales in England. It is operated by British Air Ministry with a group of United States Air Forces (USAF) advisors. Royal Air Force (RAF) guard checking car through a gate. Sign board reads: 'Royal Air Force Fylingdales'. Radar reflectors and radomes.
The activities and joint demonstrations by the United States Readiness Command (USREDCOM), Brass Key II at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. People gather in a large number to watch the demonstration. Fire power demonstration by the Air Force units. A U.S. Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II airplane in flight. Plane fires a television-guided AGN-65 Maverick missile at a target. Officers and guests watch the aircraft demonstrations through binoculars from a reviewing stand. Smoke from explosion on the target area. Demonstration of gunship operations. U.S. Air Force Lockheed AC-130 aircraft in flight. The AC-130 Gunship firing its 20mm cannons its 40mm cannons, and its 105mm howitzer. U.S. Air Force A-7 Corsair II airplanes in flight. Mark 82 low drag 500 pound Laser guided bombs being dropped from the airplanes. Smoke arising from an explosion. McDonnell RF-4C reconnaissance aircraft approaching in sky overhead, and delivering, via small parachute packages, its aerial photographs taken that day.
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