A U.S. Air Force officer shakes hands with a French officer in reception center canteen at Hickam Air Force Base,Oahu, Hawaiian Territory, as French troops pass through on their way home from Indochina. A civilian converses with a wounded French soldier, on a stretcher. A U.S. Navy admiral greets wounded soldiers. The hangar is seen crowded with French troops and American greeters. View shifts to interior of a Red Cross bus set up as an ambulance. Nurses and other medical staff are seen in the bus. U.S. Airmen lift wounded French soldiers into the ambulance bus. In next scene, military police on motorcycles lead two ambulance buses out a gate from the airfield. In another scene where wounded are being loaded aboard an ambulance bus, Hula dancers stand beside the bus and entertain them. The loaded bus moves out with its rear open and medics attending to the wounded passengers. Back in the Air Evac Canteen, greeters and French troops continue to mingle. Closeup of a wounded French soldier on a stretcher, being greeted. A microphone is held near as he converses with the civilian and the admiral, seen earlier.
Air war in England during World War II. General Dwight D Eisenhower inspects 9th Air Force base in England. General Eisenhower inspects the plane and its readiness, shown by Air force personnel. General Eisenhower seated in cockpit fires mounted machine guns for testing. B-26C's take off and bombard over target. Aerial view of targets and explosions over target. B-26C's land and British Hudsons take off. Planes fire, smoke arises from explosions.
Life of U.S. Air Force personnel's family in Alaska, United States. Interior of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Hobby Shop. Women work on ceramics and two Air Force sergeants work in a hobby shop. Stenciled sign: Hobby Shop, Hours 0730 -- 2200.
United States Air Force Lockheed U-2 aircraft are assigned to Strategic Air Command's 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing for filter duct calibration flight testing. A Lockheed U-2 aircraft taxis and takes off from Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. The aircraft in flight. Clouds in the sky.
United States Air Force Lockheed U-2 aircraft are assigned to Strategic Air Command's 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing for filter duct calibration flight testing. A man pulls a dolly loaded with the filter hatch of a Lockheed U-2 aircraft out of a hangar at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. He checks the filter seal pressure for leaks and traces the filter route. He opens up a hatch and does more checking. He manually operates a butterfly gate in a duct opening. Close view of the butterfly gate opening and closing alternately in the duct opening.
United States Air Force Lockheed U-2 aircraft are assigned to Strategic Air Command's 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing for filter duct calibration flight testing. A man pulls a dolly out of a hangar at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. The dolly is loaded with the filter hatch of a Lockheed U-2 aircraft. The man checks the filter seal pressure for leaks and traces the filter route. He opens up a hatch and does more checking. He manually operates a butterfly gate in a duct opening. Close view of the butterfly gate opening and closing alternately in the duct opening.
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