Arrival of units of 7th Australian Division at an air field in Nadzab, New Guinea. A C-47 plane lands at Nadzab airfield. Planes and units of 7th Australian Division on the airfield. The troops unload the plane. The C-47 takes off. Troops disembark from the plane and unload supplies. The plane is in flight. At the airfield the troops unload the planes. A soldier erects a direction board which reads 'Assembly Area' and another soldier holds a direction board which reads 'Transit Camp'. A C-47 takes off. Planes and soldiers at the airfield. (World War II period).
Various United States fighter and bomber aircraft at an airfield in Belgium. [Slate states airfield # 78, which would be Florennes/Juzaine Airfield, Belgium. But it may actually be Le Culot Airfield (A-89) where P-47s of the 36th and 373rd Fighter Groups were based.] A large number of P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes parked on a flight line. A B-17G Flying Fortress bomber parked in background. P-47s with bubble canopies taxi in single file from the flight line along a curved taxi strip.
This film shows numerous types and models of World War One aircraft in operation. It opens showing Allied airplanes preparing for a maximum air campaign in the battle of Saint Mihiel. View from inside a hanger as its flap opens and men push a Sopwith Camel airplane out onto airfield. Map of St Mihiel. American planes warm up on flight line in predawn, with flares burning at wingtips. Huge numbers of allied airplanes are marshaled on airfields throughout the theater of operations and begin taking off. Among them is a French Morane-Saulnier low wing monoplane. German fliers are seen loading small hand held bombs into the cockpit of their Albatross aircraft. Soldiers in combat on ground in "no man's land" during the battle of St. Mihiel. They take refuge in large shell and bomb craters and try to advance running between them.. Germans fliers dropping bombs, by hand, from airplane. Numerous Allied and German airplanes in aerial dogfights. American planes over clouds. American Observation balloon attacked in sky. Balloon in flames, and trailing black smoke as it falls to the ground. French flag flies at an airfield, where a nosed-over airplane sits, by a hangar, as airplanes fly overhead. Aircraft taxiing about in close quarters at airfield. Large formations of American airplanes flying overhead in a grand formation, following the Armistice, November 11, 1918 Then the film shifts dramatically from World War One to the post-WWII year of 1947. It illustrates the dramatic advances in warplanes since WWI by showing U.S. B-36 bombers and straight-wing F-84 Thunderjet fighters is formation.
Front view of LZ 129 Hindenburg approaching airfield for landing. LZ 129 Hindenburg overhead descending. Men await landing of Hindenburg on airfield.The Hindenburg makes several passes above airfield. Ground crew sets off smoke to show wind conditions. Tail fins of airship show Nazi swastika emblem on them. Ground crew near mooring tower at airfield.The Hindenburg descends to make landing.
Ford Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour in Dearborn, Michigan. Edsel Ford, President of the Ford Motor Company with few other men on the airfield during the Ford Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour. Edsel Ford holding the white flag. The man standing next to Edsel Ford holding a pen and few documents. Few men stand behind them and watch. Edsel Ford wit the men on the field. The men talking. Edsel Ford waves the flag on the field. A trimotor aircraft on the airfield. 'Fokker' written on the aircraft. The aircraft taxis and takes off. Edsel Ford talking to a man. Edsel Ford with the white flag beside a biplane. Edsel Ford talking with the men in the airfield. Edsel Ford shakes hands with a man. The men talking. Edsel Ford talking with two men. The airport building in the background. People in view beside the building. The men group close together in a circle and talk on the airfield.
Biplanes at the Airplane Reliability Tour at the Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan, United States. View of a biplane on the airfield at the Ford Airport at the Airplane Reliability Tour. Number '6' written on the rudder of the aircraft. 'Niles' written on the side of the aircraft. A few men beside a building in the background. Another biplane on the airfield. A part of the biplane beside the wheel. 'Travel Air Mfg. Co. Inc. Wichita Kansas' written on the rudder of the biplane. Another biplane on the airfield. 'Ford Airport' written on a board on the building in the background. Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, seated in a vehicle. A few men standing outside the vehicle. A few men posing in front of a building on the airfield. A few of them standing and a few of them sitting on the ground.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.