U.S. Air Force squadron scrambled for a mission (or a drill) during the Cold War. A radio tower on a high hillside. Air Force technician communicating with headset radio and watching radar. F-4D Phantom aircraft receiving routine maintenance on an airfield. USAF pilots relaxing and playing chess. Technician monitoring radar notifies a central control room of what he has seen. Back in the room with the pilots, suddenly the airmen jump up, race out of the room, slide down a pole, and race out to their F-4 jets. A F-4D taxiing on the runway preparing for takeoff. View of the control tower.
Soviet military officers gathered around a map, making plans. Soviet soldier watching radar screen. Rotating radio and radar receiving towers. Launch of a Soviet missile from an inclined platform launcher on the ground. The missile strikes an airplane in flight and the plane explodes as Soviet soldiers observe. The plane wreckage crashes to the ground and a large fireball and smoke come up from the crash site. A United States Air Force F-4D Phantom taking off from an airfield. A U.S. Air Force F-111 with moveable wings in forward position takes off and climbs sharply after takeoff.
Laser induced lightning experiments conducted by Electromagnetic Hazards Group at the Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratoryon Mobile Test Station on Mt. Baldy, Colfax County, New Mexico. U.S. Air Force personnel opens the door to part of the laser setup. The laser can be directed vertically into heavy clouds to break down atmosphere and cause lightning strikes. A civilian technician makes adjustments on part of the laser apparatus. He rotates a knob repeatedly. Another technician rotates a knob on a Laser Machine.
Aviator Charles Lindberg receives the Langley medal. Lindbergh lands his plane 'Spirit of Saint Louis' at Roosevelt Field. Another plane parked in the field. Lindbergh gets off the plane and stands beside it. A large crowd gathered on the field. The throngs cheer and applaud as Lindbergh is awarded the Langley medal. He expresses his thanks. Aerial view of huge crows all around the air field. Lindbergh emerges from the air field accompanied by officers and officials. He takes his place in a car. Lindbergh talks to an officer.
Blitz (blitzkrieg) air attack on London by Germany during World War II. German officers led by Goering plan a attack on Britain. The officers stand in front of a map and discuss. German aircraft stationed. German planes take off. British officers in a control room receive reports from sighting stations of incoming Luftwaffe and scramble British spitfires. British aircraft take off in defense. British and German aircraft attack each other in multiple dogfight scenes including some gun camera footage. View from British machine gunner position firing at German aircraft. German fighter aircraft is hit and plunges toward the ground. A British man draws a swastika on brick in chalk beside a line of similar markings, indicating another downed German aircraft. German aircraft fly over London. They drop bombs. A man tries to save himself by ducking and covering his head in a low-lying area during the air attack. Typewriter or teletype machine typing out reports on downed aircraft. A woman tears the update from the machine and reads the report. A man reads a paper mentioning the total damage. Damaged German planes. Ruined buildings in London and the body of a woman buried in the ruins. Important buildings of London damaged, including: Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, House of Commons, newspaper publishers on Fleet Street, and St Paul's Cathedral. British soldiers inspect crashed and damaged German warplanes.
Attack on London at Christmas eve of 1940 during Battle of Britain in World War II. British men and women work on machines continuing to manufacture armament and weapons in the war effort, despite German blitzkrieg (blitz) air attacks. British workers work on aircraft. Close view of aircraft wheel rising into place during manufacture. British choir of boys sings Chrismas carol in cathedral. A young British girl seated by a fireplace races to greet her father in uniform as he enters. People celebrate Christmas. Crowded underground tube platforms and transit trains going by. A British boy and two girl children decorate a Christmas tree. Vendors sell goods to citizens taking cover in the underground. Night blitz air attacks by Germany on London. Buildings set on fire causing one of the greatest fires in history. London Fire Brigade fighters spray water from fire hoses on the burning buildings. They pump water from the Thames river. People of London sleep and relax underground in tube system. British attack the German aircraft with ground artillery and anti-aircraft weapons.
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