American robot bombs, America's answer to the German V-1 buzzbomb, being prepared in Dearborn, Michigan during World War 2. War production workers in armament factory weld bomb casing at Ford robot bomb factory. The workers move long tube like bombs with jet engines. They are known by nickname "Flying Chimney". The flying bombs on wheels. Men with ear protection in a testing area as the engines are fired during testing. Buildings in the background. Flame shooting from the jet engines. Workers including some women assemble the bombs at a plant in Toledo, Ohio, where wings and warheads are also built. A woman war production worker lying inside the body of a robot bomb and working on its assembly. The bombs take off from a launch pad in a gully at an Army Air Force test site. A booster cuts loose from the American Robot Bomb and hits water at a distance as the buzz bomb flies through the air, with an estimate 200 mile range. The bombs in flight. The booster hits water.
Normal and emergency operating characteristics of United States Army Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft in the United States. The control panel of an aircraft. A P-38 Lightning aircraft taxis and takes off. Gauges on the control panel of the aircraft. The landing gear of the aircraft is lowered. United States Naval Reserve Ensign Charles E. Brannon climbs on an aircraft. Aviators Tom Kennedy, Jimmy Mather and Avery Black get into the cockpit of an aircraft. American aviator Milo Garrett Burcham stands in front of the aircraft. Burcham closes the hatch and the window of the aircraft. Animation depicts air flow when a window is closed and opened. He operates switches for drop tanks of the aircraft. The aircraft at a field. He operates a booster pump switch. Brakes of the aircraft held to maintain the speed of the propellers at 3000 revolutions per minute. The aircraft taxis and takes off. A gauge shows speed. Men in a control tower. The aircraft takes off. Animation depicts the flight path with zero flaps and 50% flaps.
A film about the United States Army Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft in the United States. A P-38 Lightning aircraft lifts in air. American aviator Milo Garrett Burcham applies brakes. Revolutions per minute ( RPM ) gauges show reduced speed of the aircraft. The aircraft in flight. The aircraft tilts while taking a sharp turn. A temperature gauge on a panel of the aircraft.
Evolution of United States Air Force uniforms in the United States. A pilot in a partial pressure suit and a helmet puts on a parachute. He gets into the cockpit of a United States Air Force Lockheed F-104 Starfighter aircraft. Another officer on a ladder helps him to connect an oxygen pipe. The pilot closes the canopy.
Evolution of United States Air Force uniforms in the United States. A pilot in a partial pressure suit and a helmet does a preflight checking of a United States Air Force Lockheed F-104 Starfighter aircraft. He puts on a parachute. An officer pushes a ladder towards the aircraft and opens the canopy. The pilot climbs into the cockpit.
Different features of the U.S. Air Force F-105B Thunderchief fighter bomber. An animated and actual footage explains the armament and fire control system of the F-105B. A pilot climbs into U.S. Air Force RF-84F Thunderstreak. A rear view of the aircraft as it taxis. Insignia of the United States. Tthe bomb pylon as the bomb is being released. RF-84F in flight as the bomb is dropped. Explosion on the ground. A jet aircraft in flight and vapor trails comes out from the engine. The F-105B in flight and the bomb bay opens. Bomb bay shows special weapon being dropped. The number printed on the side of the weapon is '28-5 and T-5'. A ground tent firing of F-105B armament. The F-105B taxis on a taxi strip. The aircraft climbs rapidly after the take off.
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