Office of Strategic Services (OSS) activities in Burma during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain aircraft in flight overhead. The aircraft drops supplies with the help of parachute. The parachutes descend towards the land with the supplies.
Montage of scenes illustrating Office of Strategic Services (OSS) airlift activities in Burma during World War II. C-47 with number 26 on its tail seen on landing roll at an airfield. A C-47 (serial number: 41-19476) with number 33 on its tail. Men in khaki are loading supplies in the aircraft and several wearing parachutes board the aircraft. View of a C-47 with number 42 on its tail taking off from well established airport. A man with parachute stands in open cargo door of the aircraft during takeoff. (This segment of film is reversed.) A C-47, tail number 31 is seen cruising in flight. View from inside an airplane cruising over fog filled valleys and then later over jagged mountains. View of C-47 number 31 from cabin of another C-47. View of passengers inside C-47 cabin. A fighter escort of Two USAAF P-51s passes close to the C-47. Inside a C-47, crew members prepare supplies and then airdrop them behind enemy lines. View from below of supplies being dropped from a C-47. Views of airdrops from inside and outside C-47 aircraft. Commandos including indigenous personnel,parachute from C-47s. Views from camera strapped to leg of one paratrooper. View from ground of a parachutist descending. (Note: C-47 serial number: 41-19476 was assigned to the 10th Air Force, 443rd Troop Carrier Group in Burma, during world War 2, and was lost on on a mission, January 18, 1944, piloted by Ferde A. Larsen, of the 2nd Troop Carrier Squadron.)
An air power show in the United States. A man seated in the cockpit of an airplane. The airplane taxis. Other men standing nearby. The wings of the aircraft get damaged. Buildings in the background.
Early historic flight attempt at an air power show in the United States. A man with huge cardboard wings strapped to his back (an ornithopter aircraft contraption) runs on a field trying to take flight. The man jumps off a rock and falls on his face.
An air power show in the United States. Men gather on an airfield. They stand near an aircraft. The wings of the aircraft rotate.
An air power show in the United States. Buildings in the background. A single motor airplane on a field. A man seated in the airplane.
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