Planes flying around a tower during National Air Race. One of the planes land. Crowd around watch. Wreckage of the plane amidst the crowd. Lieutenant P DeShazo,naval pilot is killed in the plane crash. Authorities make a human circle around the crashed plane to avoid spectators
A central compressor plant in United States. Machinery of the plant includes huge wheels. The compressor plant supplies 60,000 cubic feet of free air per minute for drills.
Riggers sit in front of instructor. A G-11 parachute is handled by riggers. A fan blows the 100 feet canopy of G-11. Three riggers pack the G-11 parachute. They install it in the deployment bag. The instructor watches them. They work on suspension lines of the G-11. Two riggers work on air-drop containers. Riggers pack a 550 pounds capacity A-78 container. Riggers learn wing loading and door loading procedures. Cargo loaded on wing of a plane. Riggers load cargo through door of the plane. Riggers look out in the sky. A plane drops loads with and without parachute. Loads land on ground. Parker, a rigger drops a load from plane.
A jeep assembly with G-11 parachute. Riggers check the cargo assembly. Riggers in groups practice cargo assembling. A rigger tightens screw of the modular platform. Riggers arrange honey comb material on the platform. A jeep is kept on the honey combs. It is strapped to the platform. A qualified rigger inspects the assembly. The cargo is transported to the air field. A load master along with a rigger inspects the cargo assembly. The cargo is loaded and secured in the plane. Riggers are examined. Plane takes off. The load is dropped and its parachute opens. Riggers also drop from the plane. Parachutes are seen in the sky. Riggers land on ground. Instructor allows Parker, a rigger to try his cap. Animation of rigger's pledge.
U.S. Army Air Force mission over enemy territory: bombing of Hesdin, France. Bomber group in flight. Aerial views of targets in city outskirts. Explosions over targets. (World War II period).
Italian air force joins allies at North Korba Airdrome in Cape Bon, Italy. 31 Italian planes bring their own ground crews and doctors. Italian planes in flight. Planes take off from airfield. An officer salutes as he disembarks. Ground crew disembark from the Italian planes. Ground crew and doctors talk to Captain Francesco Aurelio Di Bella. Captain Di Bella drinks water. Ground crew and doctors seated in truck and truck driven. They eat food. 2nd Lieutenant Fulvio Andrei, fighter pilot, interviewed. Captain Francesco Aurelio Di Bella, one of Italy's torpedo bomber aces, interviewed. (World War II period).
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