Aerial views from bi-wing aircraft of two zeppelins at U.S. Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States. The zeppelin USS Los Angeles (LZ-126) is moored. The German zeppelin, Hindenburg (LZ-129) maneuvers for a landing and is seen docked at airship mooring tower.
Aerial views through empennage and from sides of an airplane. German Zeppelin, Hindenburg, moored In front of large dirigible hangar at U.S. Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey.
Various Soviet Air Force aircraft in flight in Russia. A YAK trainer tows a banner with a picture of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. A row of parked TU-4 bombers. Another row of parked YAK-17 fighters. IL-12 transports parked in a row. IL-12s taxi and take off. TU-4s in flight. YAK-17s in flight. An aerial view of an MIG-15 in flight. A formation of MIG-15s in flight.
A film titled 'Mariana Thunderbolts' shows the Pacific campaign of World War II fought on the Island of Saipan, Mariana Islands. The first 7th AAF (Army Air Forces) P-47s catapulted from naval carriers. The first combat tests of napalm incendiary bombs by the P-47s. P-47s fire first rockets. A dock area showing the piles of equipment being loaded onto LSTs (Landing Ships, Tank) in Hawaii. A bulldozer being loaded into the LST. A power vehicle used to pull grading equipment also loaded into the LST. The dock area shows huge piles of supplies. Bellows Field in Hawaii shows mechanics working on P-47 aircraft. Landing gears, engines, and all phases of overhaul being done on the P-47s prior to loading them onto aircraft carriers. Mechanics crate aircraft parts and supplies in boxes prior to loading cargo onto the ships. They taxi out the P-47s and line them up for inspection. Several men lying and sitting on the runway facing two long rows of parked P-47s. Inspection officers, Commanding Officer of the U.S. 318th Fighter Squadron Colonel L. M. Sanders and Commanding Officer of the U.S. 19th Fighter Squadron Major Harry McAfee walk through the double row of parked P-47s.
View from underneath parked airplane, of several U.S. Army Air Forces P-38 lightning aircraft taking off in pairs at a German airfield occupied by the Allies. Camera viewpoint shifts to atop a B-17G bomber, being serviced. From there, a number of Republic P-47s are seen lined up. They begin to take off in pairs. A B-26 of of the 585th Bomb Squadron, is parked next to the B-17. Across the airfield, in the distance, more parked B-17s can be seen. This is an undamaged, well-established airfield, with concrete runways and ramps. Closeup of mechanics working on engine of the B-17. A refueling truck pulled up to the B-26.
Strafing runs on ground targets in Germany. A U.S. 389th Squadron plane air strikes on enemy positions on the ground. Smoke rises from the targets. (World War II period).
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