Animated illustration of rapid improvements in GE jet engine designs. Views of the GE plant at Lockland, Ohio. Interior of a jet passenger liner airplane, as envisioned in 1951. View of flight attendant or stewardess in uniform, delivering tray of food to a passenger in the cabin of a passenger aircraft in flight. View of Dr. Sanford A. Moss, standing in front of the Collier Trophy, looking at his award certificate, in 1941. The trophy was awarded to him and the U.S. Army Air Corps for development of the aircraft engine supercharger. Discussion of Atomic Energy Commission, U.S. Air Force, General Electric and Convair ideas about building an atomic powered airplane. Views of the GE gas turbine laboratory. Montage of jet aircraft of the early 1950s. Among those seen are: Convair SF-92 delta wing fighter plane; The Chase XCG-20A 4-engine cargo plane; North American F-86 sabrejet; Grumman F9F panther; F-89 Scorpion; and B-36 bomber, plus several unidentified experimental aircraft. Several scenes of B-47s in rocket assisted takeoffs.
Progress report of United States Air Force B-52G and B-52H in the United States. United States Air Force B-52H aircraft taxis and takes off from the runway. The aircraft carries GAM-77 cruise missile under its wing during flight. The GAM-77 cruise missile releases from the B-52H aircraft.
Progress report of United States Air Force B-52G and B-52H in the United States. GAM-87 missile mounted under the wing of United States Air Force B-52G aircraft. The Boeing crew loads the ballistic missile under the wing of the B-52G aircraft. The aircraft in flight with the ballistic missile.
American revolutionary soldiers march in reenactment of post-revolutionary past. They are led by two drummers and a fife player. American soldiers charge from their trenches in France during World War I. A man removes an antique musket from a wall. Two men converse in a rural agricultural area, in America during World War 2. The men look up in the sky as some U.S. Army Air Forces fighter planes fly overhead. An exploding bomb is artificially superimposed upon a typical residential street in an American neighborhood. The exploding bombs are next seen in Europe during World War II. Buildings are destroyed. Fires rage and heavy smoke fills the air. Views of destroyed cities.
United States Marine Corps undergoing training in the United States. Marines undergo aircraft training. Aircraft takes off from the runway. The aircraft refueling in air from a bigger aircraft. Marine Air traffic controllers work in the control room. Marines speak over phone and take messages.
Skiing equipment for ski troopers in extreme temperatures in the United States during World War II. A ski troop member opens inner and outer sleeping bags in an equipment room. He places the inner sleeping bag into the outer one for use in extreme cold temperatures. He blows air into an air bag. A leather thong (strip of material), an avalanche cord and a white cotton tendril displayed on a table. A combination kit tool that contains a boot water proofing compound, screw drivers, an adhesive tape, ski contraction bands, two adapters, ski climbers in a bag, a knife and a coil of wire is placed on the table. A map and a sun tan proof lotion. A water proof food bag, an extra pair of clothing that consist of a head band, mittens, socks displayed on the table. A canteen without a cover, a notebook, a chopstick and a spoon on the table.
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