Fliers land at Marine Stadium in Long Beach, California after setting a new world record of 30 days and 6 hours in flight. Their Piper Cub dubbed "Spirit of Kay" takes off. Spectators look towards the sky. A sea plane taxis on water for departing. Clyde Schlieper and Wes Carroll return to Marine Stadium after setting the world record for the longest sustained flight -thirty days in the air. Men assist them in getting off from the sea plane. W.E.S. Carroll, Clyde Schlieper and other personnel pose for a camera.
Lockheed Hudson bombers sink at a pier in Staten Island, New York during World War II. Two American built Lockheed Hudson light bombers loaded on barges await shipment to England for the Royal Air Force. The bombers are damaged as the barges spring a leak and sink.
U.S. paratroopers active on a battle front in Korea during the Korean War. U.S. Army paratroopers are seen lined up as they board a U.S.Air Force C-124 Cargo aircraft on an airfield. A C-119 airplane is parked in the background. Closer view of the C-124 with its large clam shell doors open. The troopers board on ramps lowered from the aircraft. Closeup of one trooper climbing a ladder to an aircraft. C-119 aircraft taking off and then in formation. View of pilot in cockpit of a C-119 in flight. Paratroopers jumping from C-46 aircraft. Their chutes deploying. Closeup of paratroopers exiting rear door of C-46 and delaying their chute openings. View from inside a C-46 as troopers jump and their chutes open when well clear of the aircraft. View from below of troopers dropping from C-46s with chutes deployed. More view from inside aircraft as troopers jump. A formation of C-119 (Flying Boxcars) dropping heavy equipment on skids with parachutes attached. View from ground of sky filled with parachutes. Closer views of some troopers as they approach the ground and land. Troops standing by as their equipment is dropped to them by parachutes. Equipment drops reaching the ground. Troops moving out from the landing area.
Plot to blow up U.S. landmarks is uncovered in New York on February 16, 1965. Views of targets to blow up American landmarks in various cities. Multiple views of the Statue of Liberty in New York, front and back from the water and from the air. Next scene is low aerial view of the George Washington Monument equestrian statue at Benjamin Franklin Parkway and Eakins Oval. Car traffic seen and view of tall building skyline of Philadelphia. Exterior view of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, followed by view of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, View of reflecting pool and the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington DC. View of largely empty parking lot near the Woodland apartments in New York City. Bomb squad men wearing protective gear are seen moving package of dynamite. Bomb squad truck moving through city streets. The plot was organized by Robert Steele Collier, Walter Augustus Bowe, and Khaleel Sultran Sayyed of Black Liberation Front or BLF, and also a Canadian women, Michelle Duclos, of a Quebec separatist party. Undercover police officer Raymond Wood is seen getting an award for uncovering the plot.
Aerial views from overflying aircraft, of Lighthouses and coast guard stations in the United States. Those seen are: Light Desert Rock lighthouse, followed by Lighthouses: Petit Manan, Nash Island, Avery Rock, Prospect Harbor, Egg Rock, Baker Island, Great Luck Island; Bass Harbor Head, Bear Island, Saddleback Ledge, Browns Head, Herons Neck, Isle of Shoals, Boone Island, Halfway Rock, Portland Breakwater, Pam Island Portland Head, Cape Elizabeth, and wood Island. The Coast Guard Stations seen are: Straitsmouth, Gloucester, Cranberry Island, Salem Air Station Isle of Shoals, Cape Elizabeth, and Biddeford Pool.
Fighters and bombers of U.S. 9th Army Air Force (AAF) explode target area in European Theater during World War II. Bomber planes in formation flight. Bombers in flight above clouds. Bombers drop bombs on target area. Explosion on ground and smoke rises. Broken glass of a cockpit. Pilot in cockpit. Bombs being dropped. Aerial views of the target area. Explosion occurs and smoke rise on target area.
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