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American fighter planes taking off for England piloted by the United States Air Corps Ferry command.

Aircraft being delivered from United States to Britain during World War 2 as part of lend-lease program: Liberator bombers, Harvard-IIs, Bostons (British A-20), Lockheed P-38 and B-17E taking off for England piloted by the U.S. Army Air Corps Ferry Command.

Location: Long Beach California USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039376
Major General Frank P. Lahm's Retirement ceremony at Randolph Field.

Retirement ceremonies for Major General Frank P. Lahm, first military Pilot at Randolph Field, Texas. Frank P. Lahm with other officers and soldiers marching at the ceremony. American planes can be seen overhead. Frank P. Lahm was taught to fly by the Wright Brothers, organized the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1917 and was the first balloon pilot. (World War II period).

Location: Texas United States USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039377
Paratroopers bailing out of aircraft C-47 and striking down.

U.S. Army Air Force paratroopers bailing out of aircraft C-47, descending, and landing on ground. C-47s landing and crew debarking on air strip. Crew getting equipment from aircraft.

Location: Maxton North Carolina USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039378
New Curtiss-Wright factory for production of Navy Helldiver bomber and SO3C Seamew aircraft is opened at Columbus, Ohio.

New Curtiss-Wright factory being opened at Columbus. Army officers and other VIPs inspecting the plant. Shows aircraft workers working in the plant. A new SO3C-1 Seamew aircraft equipped with fixed gear and wheel pants, is rolled out on the factory floor for the VIPs to examine. (Note: Curtiss SO3C-1 aircraft with fixed landing gear and wheel pants, were ordered by the British Royal Navy Fleet Arm, under Lend-Lease. The company and the Royal Navy called them the "Seamew." But, the U.S. Navy called their observation floatplane version the "Seagull," the same as the biplane it replaced.)

Location: Columbus Ohio USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039379
Northrop N-1M Flying Wing being tested over the Mojave Desert.

Northrop N-1M Flying Wing aircraft with unusual design is seen being tested over the Mojave Desert. N-1M takes off and in flight.

Location: Mojave Desert California USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039380
Eighty-seven United States Army Air Force cadets getting commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the USAAF.

Shows United States Army Air Force cadets in formation and getting commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the USAAF at Mitchel Field.

Location: Long Island New York USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039381
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