GSAP (Gun Sight Aiming Point) footage of medium bomber raids over Germany during WW II. Various formations of United States Army Air Forces Douglas A-26 Invaders. A-26s drop bombs over the city. Four United States Army Air Forces Lockheed P-38 Lightnings in flight. United States Martin B-26 Marauders in flight over the countryside and city. Landing gear coming down as aircraft approaches runway. Several A-26s in flight. (World War II period).
Pre-flight procedures of the U.S. Navy T2V-1 SeaStar. Exterior inspection: Two airmen approach the plane to conduct a normal walk around inspection which includes highly important and unique inspection points. The airmen manually retract and extend the leading edge wing flap to check for freedom of movement. They inspect the ram air orifices in the nose of each tip tank, speed brake, fuel dump outlet, boundary layer control orifice, position of snubber piston, main hydraulic reservoir, and upper left fuselage. Interior inspection: The pilot in the cockpit. He inspects the engine, aircraft performance, navigation and fuel controls. He checks the electrical, navigational, air conditioning and lighting controls on the right panel and console. Pre-start Cockpit Check: The pilot adjusts the tip tank switches, oxygen supply valve, main fuel shut off switch, battery generator switch, flight instrument power switch, cabin pressure and temperature switches.
" X-15 Research Airplane Request for Bids" issued by the U.S. Air Force Air Materiel Command, Washington, DC. Documents labeled 'Confidential Information'. Cover of another document reads: "North American Aviation Inc." View of North American aircraft design engineers at work designing and drawing sketches of landing gear, fuel system, hydraulics, surface control and study it. A sketch of X-15. Wind tunnel tests. Sketches of various aircraft designs. Vehicles outside North American Aviation Inc. A sign reads 'SABRE JET'. A sign reads 'Unauthorized personnel Keep Out' and 'Closed Area Admittance by Authorization Only'. Engine testing. Airframe fabrication. More wind tunnel tests.
News report on a White House ceremony in United States. President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Johnson present awards to astronaut Cooper and NASA, Air Force and Navy officials involved in NASA Mercury-Atlas MA-9 program. Other recipients include James E. Webb who is awarded with a medal and a certificate. Major General Leighton I. Davis is given a medal for outstanding leadership. General Ben I. Funk accepts NASA Group Achievement Award on behalf of Air Force System. Awards given to a Navy officer. Floyd L. Thompson holds certificate for outstanding leadership. Astronauts shake hands with President Kennedy. Attorney General Robert Kennedy holds his daughter on his shoulder.
United States Air Force Soviet Awareness Program depicts Soviet military equipment and its use in terms of purpose and jurisdiction. Four Soviet Kamov Ka-25 or Hormone naval helicopters take off from the deck of a cruiser underway at sea. The helicopters search down and locate an enemy submarine and order anti submarine mortar fire. Anti submarine guns fired, the submarine is hit. Fire due to the explosion. Soviet Air Force supersonic bombers and reconnaissance aircraft Tupolev Tu-22 or Blinders conduct an aerial attack. The crew aboard a ship monitors the operation. An SS-N-6 Serb or R-27 Zyb ballistic missile launched from a Yankee class submarine. The Captain and sailors aboard the Soviet ship. Soviet Army troops near tanks in the Soviet Union. Snow covered tanks advance through the snow. Soviet soldiers undergo rigorous physical training.
U.S. Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force, VIII Fighter Command operations in Germany during World War II. Gun camera views from 15 April 1944: Captain HL Fogg of the 359th Fighter Group 368th Squadron attacking ground targets, in one of their last combat missions in P-47s. (The unit converted to P-51s in April, 1944.) Captain Fogg strafes a train and an oil well. White smoke arises due to the firing and bombardment. An electric tower. The aircraft in flight over a field.
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