Evolution of United States Air Force uniforms in the United States. A pilot wearing a 1957 U.S. Air Force uniform gets into the cockpit of United States Air Force F-86A Sabre aircraft. He puts on his helmet and connects an oxygen pipe. The pilot makes communication connections and closes the canopy. A pilot wearing a 1957 U.S. Air Force uniform does a preflight checking of a F-86A Sabre aircraft. He puts on a parachute and climbs into the cockpit.
U.S. Army Air Forces Generals Ira Clarence Eaker and Nathan Farragut Twining visit Ploiesti or Ploesti oil fields in Romania during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces Generals Ira Clarence Eaker and Nathan Farragut Twining get off from an aircraft at an airfield. The Generals greeted by Romanian Army Air Force officers. General Eaker and General Twining, escorted by the Romanian officers, visit the Ploiesti oil storage tanks after being bombed by the U.S. Army Air Forces. The wreckage at the oil fields. The bombed tanks. The Generals talk. A view of the bombed Ploesti oil fields.
Salvaging activities for the U.S. Navy submarine Squalus (SS-192) off the coast of Isles of Shoals near Portsmouth,New Hampshire. Pontoon afloat on surface with cable slings attached. Men work with pontoon alongside U.S. Navy Ship Falcon (ASR-2). Men on top of pontoon. "Flowerpot"cable clamp is lifted from pontoon by crane hook. Men work with "flowerpot" on deck of U.S. Navy Ship Falcon (ASR-2). Officer sits on bitts in the foreground. Men work with cable on top of pontoon. Air hoses stretched over surface seen in the background. Pontoon alongside USS Falcon. Air bubbles come up along lower portion. Air hoses in mass lying on surface. View of the motor launch and crew work. Man stands on the top of mass of hoses on surface. Men work with hoses stretched over surface. View of the rescue site. Air hoses seen on surface.
A documentary on Weather Bureau's Hurricane Warning Center in Miami, Florida. (Later the National Hurricane Center, part of the U.S. NOAA / National Weather Service). A man instructing students about a hurricane. They discuss about the conditions present when hurricanes develop. Animation shows the process of formation of hurricanes. Large masses of air become warm and moist. It is replaced by air flowing from all directions. Aerial view of a sea. The air starts moving in a circular motion. The progressive motion of the air begins and it becomes a hurricane. Men and women working in the Hurricane Warning Center analyze these conditions. View of traffic and commercial buildings along a busy street in Miami. Three men playing golf. Elevated view of people seated in a stadium watching a horse race. Elevated view of a crowded ocean beach in Miami. Aerial view of a weather station on the eastern tip of Cuba. Men preparing to release a radiosonde weather balloon. They analyze the weather conditions for a daily weather report.
The National Aircraft Show at Will Rogers Field in Oklahoma, United States. A United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress followed by four United States Air Force F-102A Delta Daggers in flight. C-130 turbo prop transport aircraft parked on ground and open for viewing. Actress Jayne Mansfield is seen being escorted by an Air Force officer among the crowd at the air show. View of three USAF F-101 Voodoo aircraft, F-101A Voodoos and F-102A Delta Dagger aircraft in formation. F-100C Super Sabre airplanes in close formation flight. USAF B-66 Destroyer, B-47 Stratojet, Convair B-36 and B-52 Stratofortress aircraft in flight, along with the F-106 Starfighter. Also seen is the B-66 light bomber in flight. A woman who won as Miss Denmark is present during the ceremony as photographers take her picture.
Allied bombing of Dresden, Germany during World War 2. Royal Air Force Lancaster bombers in flight over Dresden and bombing it with incendiaries at night. View of unusual German Scarecrow antiaircraft weapon, exploding with huge flash of fire, near Allied bomber formation. Bombs being dropped on transportation lines. United States 8th Air Force aircraft in flight at high altitude, leaving contrails behind. A B-17 from U.S. 8th Air Force, 1st Air Division, 1st Bomb Wing, 92nd Bombardment Group, is identifiable from its Triangle B tail code. Another is identifiable from 91st Bomb Group, by its Triangle A tail code. The B-17s bomb targets in Eastern Germany, such as Kemnitz. View of B-17s bombing Dresden. Bombs being released and striking targets.
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