United States Marine Air Group at Ewa Marine Corps Air Station, Hawaii. Sign reads 'Marine Air Group' at Ewa Marine Corps Air Station near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Aircraft taxis on an airfield. Marines get off the aircraft. Blinkers operate. Man talks into a radio. Sign reads 'Marine Transport Squadron 352'. Aircraft taxis on an airfield. Aircraft in flight. Aircraft passes over Johnston Island on its way to Guam. Aerial view of Guam Island.
Film introduces U.S. Navy F8U-1E Crusader and F8U-2 Crusader aircraft and compares them with the F8U-1 Crusader aircraft, United States. F8U-1E and F8U-2 parked at an airfield. Pilot makes an inspection. Three pneumatic system pressure gauges located on right hand forward fuselage of F8U-2. A pair of air scoops added to provide additional cooling air to after burner. Ventral fins on each side of plane. Pilot boards the F8U-2. F8U-2 cockpit arrangement shows instrument panel with various switches and indicators. Scope for APS-67 radar in F8U-2. APS-67 control panel on left console. Armament panel with indicators. Chart depicts AC and DC generator installation due to additional radar system installed. Pilot control knob on air conditioning panel. Emergency canopy handle located on instrument panel hood. Airmen around F8U-2. F8U-2 takes off from an airfield.
A training film which introduces U.S. Navy F8U-2N Crusader aircraft and summarizes differences between F8U-2N and other F8U series aircraft, United States. F8U-2N in flight. Pilots adjust knob at instrument panel of an aircraft. Shows three pneumatic pressure gauges under missile mount on right hand forward fuselage of F8U-2N parked at an airfield. Pilots makes a walk around inspection of aircraft. Pilot at ventral fins of an aircraft. Pair of air scoops on aircraft. Sidewinder missiles on side of aircraft. Animation shows additional fuel tank and function of forward transfer cell. Cockpit arrangement shows control panel of F8U-2N with various switches and knobs. Airman climbs to cockpit of F8U-2N. Pilot aboard F8U-2N. External power operation of plane as pilot adjusts switches on instrument panel. Animated chart details working of AC and DC generator. Indicators on instrument panel of F8U-2N parked at an airfield. F8U-2N taxis and takes off.
Repatriated U.S. Army Air Forces flyers, are gathered, waiting to depart the airfield, at Annecy, France, during World War 2. A C-47 airplane is parked behind them, They mingle with several French armed soldiers (who are guarding German POWs at work on the airfield). One officer examines a French guard's rifle. Some Frenchmen in black uniforms are also seen conversing in the group, as they all stand beside the open door of a C-47. An officer in the C-47 signals that it is time to go. The Americans and French say their goodbyes as the Americans climb aboard the aircraft. The door of the plane is closed.
Aerial view from another airplane of a U.S. Stinson L-5 Sentinel aircraft serial number 42-99174 in flight over hills in France. (Some appear to have traces of snow on them.) At one point, the L-5 swoops extremely close to the photographer's airplane. Aerial view of river, town, Lake Annecy, and airfield with C-47 parked on it. Group of American fliers, repatriated from internment in Switzerland, conversing on the airfield, as they await a C-47 to fly them out. . L-5 airplane taxis out for takeoff. American airmen struggle to load a jeep into a C-47 transport airplane. The C-47 displays open triangle tail code on its rudder and the letter "O" on rear fuselage.
Philippine Army Air Corps (PAAC) and United States Philippine Department Air Force aircraft at the PAAC's Batangas Airfield (Batangas City), prior to World War 2 in the Pacific. A group of rural Filipino boys wearing straw hats rough playing on the ground. Building with a sign reading 'Last Chance Bar, Batangas Officers Club'. Two United States Army officers, one dressed in white shorts, step from the club and pose, drinking beer from bottles. U.S. Seversky P-35 pursuit plane parked on the field along with several USAAC P-26 Peashooter airplanes. Two P-26s take off. Arriving passengers stand around a Sikorsky S-43 Baby Clipper amphibious plane, as their baggage is unloaded. The Baby Clipper starts engines and takes off. The passengers walk toward the airfield gate. Logo on the aircraft nose indicates that the S-43 is operated by the Iloilo-African Americans Air Express Co. (INAEC).
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