C-130A cargo airplanes of the United States Air Force transport road construction equipment during Andes Airlift, from Chiloya to Bella Vista village, in Peru. A C-130A cargo airplane lands on airstrip. A Peruvian Air Force Hawker Mk-4 takes off. Plane taxis behind the construction equipment. Another C-130A fueled near the runway. The Chiloya air traffic control tower. A dump truck backs inside aircraft cargo compartment.
Narrator states that on March 2, 1945, during World War 2, 700 Lancaster and Halifax bombers of the British Royal Air Force fly over Cologne, Germany, to bomb roads and bridges leading across the Rhine River. Closeup aerial view of a British Halifax bomber with H7 painted on its fuselage, identifying it as belonging to No.346 Squadron RAF. (This is a Free French bomber squadron incorporated into the Royal Air Force and operating out of RAF Station Elvington.) View from one of the aircraft looking down on the city below as bombs fall from the plane. Narrator refers to U.S. 1st Army attacking Cologne and this bombing to strike German forces fleeing the city. Heavy smoke seen rising from bomb explosions below. A huge black cloud is seen in the air as a German scarecrow bomb hits a Lancaster bomber and destroys it (Narrator calls it a scarecrow bomb. Later analysis concluded that "scarecrow" bombs may have been attacks by Luftwaffe aircraft equipped with upward facing cannons, or so called "Schräge Musik" attacks.) Smoke rising from the city. Narrator emphasizes that the Cologne Cathedral is not touched.
Communication security being applied to space and missile operations by United States Air Force. Cryptographic instruments like KGR-29 and KGR-28 being used for the purpose. Air Force personnel uses official Air Force code to transmit classified information through voice communication.
An aircraft flies over Naval air station in Norfolk,Virginia. Air station infirmary and old Chambers Field with obsolete planes parked. Radar and radio technical school at Chambers Field and headquarters of 5th Naval District. Aircraft flies over bacteriology building,navy housing,recreation building,power plant. Hangars,aircrafts,air strip at Chambers Field. R4D in flight.
Shows air raid drill in New York City. Demonstration of defense against air attacks is shown. Civilian spotters on roof locating position of enemy bomber planes and control informing fighter squadron. Aircraft P-40Cs taking off, B-18As in air and anti-aircraft artillery and machine guns firing. (World War II period).
United States Navy's Salvage Operation of U.S. Submarine Squalus. Disturbance on water. Air hoses seen on water surface. Men on whale boat. Pontoons seen on surface. Men aboard pontoons. Men leave pontoons and climb back on boats. Air hoes in water. USS Sagamore seen. Men seen working on Falcon. USS Wandank seen. An air hose bursts. 'Flower-pot' clamp with heavy cable passing through it. Man in water goes below surface to check equipment.
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