U.S. fliers in training at Royal Canadian Air Force at Camp Borden in Canada. U.S. fliers getting paid and boarding North American Harvard-IIs. Harvard-II taking off and in flight.
National Air Olympics in Dayton, Ohio. Shows biplanes stunting and crowd looking on. Aircraft Piper J-3 Cub landing on top of auto.
Shows simulated air raid drill in New York City area early in the World War 2 period. Shows aircraft spotting room and mapping control room with sighted aircraft positions, telephone switchboard activity, and P-40 aircraft taking off to intercept. U.S. Army soldiers with anti-aircraft guns in airfields and positioned beside bridges including the Williamsburg Bridge over the East River between Brooklyn and Manhattan. Views of simulated raid at Fort Tilden by amphibious troops from the "invading" soldiers of the "Black army."
British Royal Air Force Pilots marching and receiving insignia as part of graduation exercises at War Eagle Field in California. AT-6 aircraft takes off. The pilots received training in the United States before returning to the battle front against Germany, early in World War 2.
Aircraft being delivered from United States to Britain during World War 2 as part of lend-lease program: Liberator bombers, Harvard-IIs, Bostons (British A-20), Lockheed P-38 and B-17E taking off for England piloted by the U.S. Army Air Corps Ferry Command.
Shows United States Army Air Force cadets in formation and getting commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the USAAF at Mitchel Field, shortly before entry of the United States into World War 2.
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