History and development of aviation in the United States and elsewhere in the world in the early 20th century.Ground crew fueling a German made Fokker T-2 airplane from gasoline cans. Lieutenants Oakley Kelly and John Macready, in 1923, standing by their Fokker T-2 aircraft, upon which is painted: "Army Air Services, Non Stop, Coast to Coast." Fokker T-2 airplane taking off. Army officers looking at several biplanes parked, without propellers. A JN-4H (Jenny) airplane in flight. American military engineers or Seabees building an airfield in the Pacific during World War 2. B-25 aircraft sits in middle of construction activity. Crew under a C-47 in snow in the Arctic. A map shows the future commercial air routes of the world.
Formation of German Dornier Do 17 bombers headed for England in World War 2. View of German crew members in cockpit of bomber. Closeup of German Messerschmitt bf 109 fighter aircraft in flight. German fighter shoots down a barrage balloon that bursts into flames and falls from the sky. British gun crews on the coast firing 3.7 inch antiaircraft guns. Flak bursts around a German Heinkel He 111 bomber. Formation of He 111 bombers dropping bombs. German bombardier bending over bomb sight inside a bomber. View of ground below. Bombardier hitting bomb release control. View through forward canopy of bombs falling from the aircraft. German bombs striking and exploding in England. Smoke rising from explosions and fires. German aircrew pleased with results. German Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers peeling and diving with their characteristic whines as they drop bombs on waterfront targets in England. British Royal Air Force Spitfire fighters rising to engage the German aircraft. Britons on ground look up to watch dogfights at high altitude overhead, marked by contrails in the sky. British gun camera footage of German warplanes being shot down. Wreckage of destroyed German warplanes. A flight of three spitfires flying overhead. Firemen directing streams of water on burning buildings in London. British citizens clearing rubble. Local Air Raid wardens Antiaircraft Gun crew on a British ship talk of the German aircraft they've shot down.
United States Air Force officers of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) are seated in a classroom setting. Several repeated fragmentary takes, for a film.
U.S. Air force officers and NCOs attend a briefing session at SAC Headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska. Commander of SAC (Strategic Air Command), General Curtis LeMay, addresses the group. General LeMay is standing near a large wall map.
Two U.S. Air Force Airmen mechanics discuss maintenance of a B-36 of the Strategic Air Command (SAC). (In the background is B-36D with BM 652 (49-2652), reportedly nicknamed 'Petty Girl'. It was from the 7th BG, 9th BS, Carswell AFB, outside Fort Worth, Texas). They walk beneath the wing of B-36 toward aircraft undergoing maintenence. An aircrew member (Aircraft commander?) walks toward a B-36 and speaks to an airman holding a clipboard with maintenance record about the aircraft. The crewman converses briefly with the airman and then signs the document.
A-4 missile just after launch, above Peenemunde Rocket Centre in Ostvorpommern, Germany. Missile in projectile motion in air. Different views of missile in air.
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