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Charles Lindbergh takes off in Spirit of Louis for the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight from New York to Paris, France.
Charles Lindbergh poses beside his monoplane, Spirit of Louis at the Roosevelt Airfield in Long Island, New York. He shakes hands with two men. Lindbergh poses with his mother, Evangeline Lodge Land Lindbergh, beside the aircraft. 'Spirit of Louis' clearly visible on the aircraft. A car followed by a truck towing the aircraft backward, passes on road. Men follow. Men inspect the aircraft. Man standing atop engine fills plane with fuel, hands empty jug to another man on ground, and receives another jug from a 3rd man to continue filling. Lindbergh receives help changing into his flight gear and then gets in the cockpit. Plane takes off from the airfield for his famous, Orteig Prize-winning solo non-stop flight to Paris, France. Aerial views of Lindbergh's aircraft from another aircraft, as the expedition begins.
Laying of the Big Inch petroleum pipeline network between Texas and Illinois in the United States during World War 2.
A map shows pipeline network for the transportation of oil and its by-products in the United States, largely for the war effort during World War 2. Shows the laying of the Big Inch petroleum pipelines in Arkansas, Texas, and other locations. Tractors and explosives being used to clear the ground for laying the pipelines. Oil pipeline being laid across a river bed. A welder welds the joints. Pipelines being laid in trenches. Men operate valves to turn on the flow of oil in the new Big Inch pipeline. High octane aviation gas is filled in an aircraft at an airfield. Soldiers fill gas cans all lined up in a lot. An oil tanker in the background. Troops load gasoline jerrycans on trucks. B-17, B-26, and B-24 Bomber aircraft in refueling operations on various airfields. B-17 taking off and formation of aircraft in flight. Long lines of jerry cans being filled with gasoline by personnel near a railroad track. Close up view of gasoline dispensing nozzle in top of Jerry Can and a hand opening the next jerry can in line. Jerry cans loaded into trucks, transported, and unloaded by U.S. Army soldiers. Motor oil being poured into funnels for use in vehicles. Narrator declares, "Oil for freedom. American oil. The blood of the mechanized legion!" A formation of tanks and military vehicles move along a wide field. Narrator encourages sacrifice of American people giving up home comforts of goods and fuels made from oil so that they can be directed to the war effort.
Early model aircraft are used for carrying passengers and cargo in Europe.
Early model aircraft in Europe, early in the history of flight. Animated map depicts European commercial air routes. Passengers enter the cabin of a British Handley Page W8B transport aircraft. Cargo is loaded into an early single engine bi winged aircraft. Passengers get off an old touring car and board a Farman Goliath airliner. 'Grands Express Aeriens' is printed on the aircraft. A medium sized British bi winged transport aircraft taxis on an airfield. An early bi wing single engine aircraft in flight over an airfield. Aerial views of a European city. An early model single engine bi winged transport aircraft lands. People disembark from an early model passenger aircraft. Animated map of Europe depicts air routes from London to Paris, Manchester and Berlin. People near an early model bi plane. Passengers board and cargo is loaded into the aircraft. Comical scene as a pig is loaded into a Farman Goliath early model liner. A man and the pig look out of the windows of the aircraft. Animated airline routes over a map of Europe. Men load cargo in an early model Spad commercial bi plane.
U.S. Army Air Service Fokker T-2 flown coast to coast nonstop by Lieutenant John A Macready and Lieutenant Oakley G Kelly.
On May 2, 1923, scenes of the first successful non stop flight across USA. Men open accordian doors to large hangar, revealing a specially modified Fokker T-2 airplane. Lieutenant Kelly and Lieutenant Macready, on the field, pose with Orville Wright. United States Army Air Service Fokker T-2 plane is pushed out of hangar by men. Painted on side of the plane is: 'Army Air Service Non Stop Coast to Coast'. Pilot gets ready as the airplane is fueled. Pilots and other Army officers on airfield. Animated map of the United States map illustrates course the flyers will take. Plane taxis on airfield. The Plane in flight and over Rockwell field, San Diego, California, and making a landing. Spectators on field greet the pilots as they climb down from the airplane.
U.S. Army Air Forces Air Transport Command activities during World War II.
U.S. Air Forces Air Traffic Controllers on duty at a control Tower in an airfield during World War 2.. Several multi-engine aircraft are parked on the ramp, outside, including two Douglas C-54 transport aircraft. One controller looks through binoculars. Next, airmen are seen loading cargo into an aircraft from a truck backed up to its side. Air Forces ground crewmen are silhouetted against a light sky as they watch aircraft take off while being ferried overseas. Parked behind them is a USAAF Consolidated B-24 bomber. A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber taking off. A Douglas A-26 Invader aircraft landing. A North American B-25 Mitchell bomber taking off. Next, numerous Douglas C-47 transport airplanes are seen taxiing on an airfield. View from directly in front of a C-47 aircraft as it takes off, and passes over the camera. View from ground of a low flying C-47, and then of several in loose formation flying overhead.
U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine forces in Guadalcanal campaign versus Japanese forces during World War II
Map shows Solomon Islands in South Pacific. Truk and Australia are highlighted. Tulagi and Guadalcanal are shown. American Naval task force, including Attack Transports and warships seen underway in stormy Pacific waters. Sailors loading heavy naval guns aboard a U.S. warship. Ship's guns firing. Smoke rising from explosions on island. shows smoke rising. USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) is seen at time 1:34, firing its main battery. Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft flying low overhead. U.S. Marines land on Guadalcanal. Marines wading ashore. American Douglas SBD lands at Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. B-17s on Henderson Field, including B-17E Serial number 41-9145 of the 26th Bombardment Squadron.Long column of U.S. marines snakes across edge of airfield headed towards interior of Guadalcanal. Scene shifts to jungle interior, where they march two abreast over captured terrain. A building in the background. Marines firing a 105mm Howitzers. A B-25 bomber taking off. B-26 bombers in flight. Closeup of B-26 flying over water. View from cockpit of U.S. aircraft strafing Japanese held island, striking targets at shoreline and aircraft and supplies on a Japanese airfield. Japanese marines taken prisoner on Guadalcanal. Views of groups of Japanese prisoners of war. Japanese soldiers stand in formation and are also seen sitting in confined areas.US marines patrolling shore where numerous Japanese soldiers are seen dead.
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