Aftermath of Nazi blitzkrieg bombings on London, England during World War II. A man with a spade. Homeless people following German Luftwaffe blitzkrieg attack. A bomb crater in a street outside a house as men work at the hole. People look on. Two women pass things across a broken window. Firemen fix hose to the water tank. A woman pushes a pram around the corner.
the "Lady Peace" Vultee V-1A takes off, from the Floyd Bennett Airfield,in Queensbury,Brooklyn,New York,on round trip transatlantic flight, Plane in flight over sea and a ship underway. Aerial view of the airstrip. Aircraft flies over Long Island and then Eastward over the Atlantic Ocean.
U.S. bomber aircraft sinks the German Capitol ship, Ostfriesland under the command of General Billy Mitchell. Aerial views of bomb striking on the German battleship. Bomber dives in over the sinking battleship and drops bombs. Bubbles rise from area in which battleship sank. General Mitchell congratulates men and officers of the bomber group. View of the bomber group at Langley field showing early type of equipment, transportation and uniforms. General Mitchell addresses the men. Tower in the background. General Mitchell stands in front of a group of bomber pilots who sank the German battleship. Officers and airmen pose for a group picture. Hangars in the background.
Events related to World War II. Aerial view of German bomber dropping bombs over enemy installations in France. Explosions on the ground. Wall of building crashes to the ground. German Junker 52s take off an airfield. Japanese cavalry and troops pass in a review.
Model of a U.S. B-17 and views of crew members inside a B-17 are shown in a training film about ditching. The B-17 model shown (with all 4 engines feathered) striking the water during ditching. Scene shifts to B-17 crewman bracing themselves as the plane ostensibly hits the water. having a discussion on the ramp at Eglin airfield in Florida. Aircraft parked in the background.
Several blindfolded American fliers are seen being taken from an airplane. They are crew of the 16th B-25 comprising the famous "Doolittle"s Raiders." (Their aircraft was serial number: 40-2268, nicknamed: "Bat Out of Hell." Low on fuel, they were captured after bailing out near Japanese occupied Nangchang City, China, on April 18, 1942.) Captured American pilot, Lieutenant William .G. Farrow, is seen smoking a cigarette, while being escorted by Japanese soldiers, out of a building. With him are members of his crew: co-pilot, Lieutenant Robert L. Hite; Navigator, Lieutenant George Barr; Bombardier, Staff Sergeant, Jacob DeShazer; and Engineer Gunner, Sergeant Harold A. Spatz They pose for a group photograph on the steps, with the officer crew members on the top step and the two enlisted crew members a step below. (Lieutenant Farrow and Sergeant Spatz were executed by the Japanese on Oct. 15, 1942, at Kiangwan Cemetery, Shanghai, China.)
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