German Luftwaffe fighter aircraft battle Allied aircraft over Italy during World War II. A formation of German fighter aircraft over Italy. German fighters in dogfights against Allied airplanes. U.S. Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft are downed by German fighters.
U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortresses in Algiers, Algeria during 'Shuttle Mission' of World War II. U.S. EMs (Enlisted Men) check ammunition. An EM inspects weapon and wipes gun parts. EMs checking wheels of a B-17F aircraft. A pilot with earphones in the cockpit. The airplane warms up. A formation of B-17Fs returning to England.
Native American Indian children demonstrate skills in the United States. An American Boy Scout in uniform kneels to prepare a fire lay and then light the fire using flint and steel. A Native American Indian boy shows rope and lasso skills, twirling a rope around himself and in the air. A boy stretches threads across a frame and shows beading skills as he makes a Native American Indian beaded band or sash. A Native American Indian Boy Scout in uniform braids and splices a lanyard. A Boy Scout in uniform shows the making of a cord belt from 28 strands of twine.
British R101 rigid airship crashes killing 48 members of crew during its maiden oversees voyage to India. Clip opens showing past events, including Head of British Air Ministry Lord Thomson, Director of Civil Aviation Sir Sefton Brancker and other notable aircraft experts boarding R101 moored to mast in Cardington, England. French officials inspect the wreckage of the airship after its crash in Beauvais, France. French civilians look on.
A scientist invents a 500-passenger dirigible and predicts 24-hour crossing time to Europe in the giant blimp. The airship floats in air in Universal City, California. The scientist inspects the airship.
U.S. soldiers of 1st Infantry Division and U.S. 5th Engineers Specialist Brigade prepare in England for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Soldiers load demolition charges into an LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel). They perform calisthenics aboard a ship. A soldier loads rockets into a multiple rocket launcher. The soldiers arrange an ammunition belt in a multiple barrel air-cooled machine gun.
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