American civilians prepare for an Air Raid drill in Arkansas, United States, during World War 2, as part of Civilian Defense exercises. Board on the door reads 'Homer M Adkins Governor'. The Governor in his speech talks about the war situation and possibility of Japanese air attack. Governor Adkins gives a message to cooperate with the government and help out during the war situation. He states that the city must be ready for any kind of emergency.
Air raid alarm raised in London during World War II. A poster reads 'Imminent Peril of War'. Anti air raid precaution signs on streets. The British crowd at 10 Downing Street. British Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax and other officials walk out of a building in 10 Downing Street. Photographers take pictures. Honor Guard salutes dignitary.
Ongoing ceremony to commemorate 1st Anniversary of the Battle of Britain in England during World War II. ATC (Air Training Corps) boys at service on the aerodrome. The ATC boys bow their heads and pray. The group marches on field led by an officer. Captain of Aerodrome reviews Air Training Corps.
United States Army Air Corps Alaska Flight Project begins in Washington DC. YB-10 bomber (tail number 151) takes off from Patterson Field, Ohio, heading for Washington, DC, the official starting point for the operation. A few Martin YB-10 aircraft taxiing at Bolling Field, Washington, DC (20 MacDill Blvd SE, Washington, DC 20032, USA). Several Martin YB-10 bombers parked in a line, with ground crews attending them. Chief of the United States Air Corps, General Benjamin Delahauf Foulois; United States Assistant Secretary of War Harry Woodring and Commander of the Alaska Flight, Colonel Henry H. Arnold, stand along with the Alaska Flight pilots, in front of a project airplane, number 143, painted with the project logo: an eagle perched over a map of Alaska. Secretary Woodring meets and shakes hands with the pilots.
Followup to the U.S. Army Air Corps 1934 Alaska Flight. The U.S. Army Air Corps Photographic department processes and assembles the 60 rolls of film shot by the USAAC 1934 Alaska Flight during its aerial photo-mapping mission over 21 thousand square miles of Alaska territory. Photographic workers mount film onto large rolls and place them into developing solutions. Long strips of film are seen drying on rotating slatted drums.Oblique negatives placed in rectifying printer are transformed into vertical photographs. Workers develop the negatives. Developed single wing photographs. Composite five lens photographs ready for mapping.
The National Air Races in Los Angeles, California. Aircraft in formation flight. The aircraft perform stunts while in flight. An aircraft lands and its pilot being greeted by people. An aircraft dives and then pulls up. Anther aircraft turns upside down while in flight. An aircraft twists and rolls. Three aircraft perform aerial stunts as they leave behind vapor trails. A parachutist descends and lands among the spectators at the air show.
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