An American plane, the Curtiss Tanager, wins the safety prize in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft competition in New York, where various experimental aircraft designs competed. The Curtiss Tanager aircraft on the airfield after winning. People cheer and applaud. A man talks to the owner of the winning plane. He gives him a check. Demonstration of the plane activities. The Curtiss Tanager seen taking off and in flight in the sky. The plane lands on the field.
Sea plane Dornier Do X leaves hangar for a test flight in Altenrhein, Switzerland. Aircraft on airfield. Men stand on the field. Six pairs of motors on the flying boat lift the plane from water. Plane flies in the sky during a test flight where it carried a 48 ton load aloft for 1.75 hours.
United States Army aircraft drop bombs on older, obsolete biplanes in San Antonio, Texas during U.S. Army demonstration by 3rd Attack Group. Officer states it is the first time in history there has been a demonstration of pilots attacking a hostile aerodrome by airplane. Pilots and officer near bomber aircraft parked on airfield. They appear to be Curtiss P-1 Hawk aircraft. The bomber aircraft fly in sky. Smoke in the field due to bombardment. A officer watches the bombardment through binoculars. Heavy smoke arises in the field due to the continuous bombardment. A plane destroyed in the field.
Nazi German Luftwaffe aircraft in hangar during World War II. German officers looking up. A group of Luftwaffe dive bomber aircraft in flight. A pair of Henschel Hs 123 dive bombers in flight. German float plane aicraft (with pontoons) in flight. Bomber aircraft parked on an airfield with engines and propellers running simultaneously. German tanks climbing platform and in the forest. A tank knocks down a tree and climbs down. German Kriegsmarine sailors turning their heads and leave. The launch of German Bismarck-class battleship Tirpitz a year earlier in 1939. The Tirpitz is seen sliding down the slipway at her launch in Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven. The Tirpitz at sea and views of its guns. Next scene shows interior of an munitions factory or warehouse with stockpiles of shells and ammunition for the war effort. German soldiers marching and workers operating machine inside a forging factory.
Japanese group leader makes speech to pilots on an airfield. Japanese Mitsubishi G4M bombers parked in the background. Airmen gather in the field. Bombers and hangars in the background. Religious flag flies on the field. Planes take off from airstrip. Ground crew waves towards the planes. Formation of 27 bombers in flights of 3 each. Pilot, copilot and third crew member in cockpit of a bomber. Radio operator comes forward, salutes the pilot, and gives him written orders which the pilot reads. He then folds his arms and expresses a look of resignation.
An animated graphic shows Japanese gunfire near Naha Okinawa pounding U.S. 420th Group artillery positions located on the small island of Keise Jima, near Okinawa. Also animation of the U.S. Navy Cruiser, USS Tuscaloosa, moving in to provide counterfire against the Japanese batteries near Naha. Actual views of U.S. warships provide a floating mobile artillery to support the ground troops. U.S. warships firing on Japanese artillery positions near Naha Airfield. Details seen include: At time 00:36, the battleship USS New Mexico, BB-40, firing a starboard mounted 5in/25cal gun. Time 00:40 is the battleship USS Tennessee, BB-43 in camouflage Measure 32v1, Design 1D earlier in the war. Time 00:52 is the battleship USS Colorado, BB-45, in camouflage Measure 32, Design 3D and in the background is the battleship USS West Virginia in camouflage Measure 32, Design 7D. (World War II period)
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