A-4 missile on launch pad at Peenemunde Rocket Centre in Ostvorpommern, Germany. Launch pad is surrounded by trees. Views of missile in air. Missile blasts in air. Missile falls towards ground creating a tail of smoke.
Formation of YAK-18 trainers forming the words "SLAVA KPSS" which stand for 'Glory to the CPSU' during Russian Tushino air show. MiG-17 fighters performing loop and roll, leaving smoke trails. Civilians and officers watching air show from top of building. Views of nine MiG-17 fighters in flight. TU-95 "Bear A" long-range bomber flanked by two MiG-17 fighter jets
A P- 51D plane or Mustang of the 3rd Air Commando Group, 5th U.S. Army Air Force, being repaired in Philippines. A mechanic works on the P- 51. Swastikas, Japanese flag and American flag painted on the fuselage of the plane. Pilot in the cockpit is Captain L.E. Curdes. Below his painted name on the plane it says "C. C. Buck Wheat". Captain Curdes exiting the cockpit.
Gun camera footage aboard the P-38 Lightning aircraft of Lieutenant Fritsch, 44th Fighter Squadron, U.S. 13th Air Force, shows another P-38 from his squadron in flight ahead of him. The scene then shifts to view from his P-38 camera of a U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber in distress. The bomber crew bails out. Several of their parachutes are seen opening. Lt. Fritsch then proceeds to fire on the abandoned B-24. Tracers can be seen as Lt. Fritsch fires at the bomber.. Then smoke is seen rising from water where the bomber crashed.
A PBY Catalina of the U.S. Army Air Force, 2nd Emergency Squadron rescues a P-38 pilot. The PBY Catalina flies over water. Two P-38 planes in flight. The PBY Catalina lands in water. A P-38 pilot in water near the raft. The pilot climbs aboard. He writes on a paper. Another man near him. The pilot dries himself and wraps himself up in a blanket. He talks with the pilot of the PBY Catalina while the co-pilot is at controls. He is handed a steel cup with a spoon. Aerial view of Norotai air strip. The PBY Catalina lands. The rescued P-38 pilot climbs out. Another man follows. The rescued pilot shakes hands with a man.
A graduation ceremony for West Point Military Academy Cadets. 514 cadets graduate into the American Army. General Henry H Arnold, Chief of the Air Force, presents "wings" to one of the future Army Air Force officers. The graduate salutes back. The Cadet Corps parade in front of the commanding officers and pass in review.
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