Views of a U.S. Army Air Force C-87 aircraft burning due to short circuit in electrical system. Smoke clouds rising from the aircraft as fire breaks out from the front part of the aircraft. Damaged aircraft lying on the airfield consumed with fire and smoke. (World War II period).
Aerial view of a Ford tri-motor plane in flight and passengers sitting in the cabin. Logo "Stout Air Lines" visible on the plane. Views of plane cabin interior. Children standing on their seats and look out through the window glass. The plane lands and a man walks on the airfield. Passengers leave their seats and exit the plane.
History and development of aviation in the United States and elsewhere in the world in the early 20th century.Ground crew fueling a German made Fokker T-2 airplane from gasoline cans. Lieutenants Oakley Kelly and John Macready, in 1923, standing by their Fokker T-2 aircraft, upon which is painted: "Army Air Services, Non Stop, Coast to Coast." Fokker T-2 airplane taking off. Army officers looking at several biplanes parked, without propellers. A JN-4H (Jenny) airplane in flight. American military engineers or Seabees building an airfield in the Pacific during World War 2. B-25 aircraft sits in middle of construction activity. Crew under a C-47 in snow in the Arctic. A map shows the future commercial air routes of the world.
U.S. Congressmen and high ranking officers arrive at the United States Air Forces in Europe in Wiesbaden, Germany. A C-54 Skymaster taxis at the airbase. Lt. General Leon W. Johnson inspects the honor guard and the band. He enters a staff car. The band plays. Lt. General Thomas S. Power, General Clarence S. Irvine, Director Chief of Staff Material USAF and General William H. Tunner, Commander in Chief of USAFE walk past the honor guard. They salute the flags. They leave the airfield in staff cars.
A training mission of the United States Air Force 305th Bombardment Wing on aircraft B-47 Stratojet at Brize Norton Air Force Base in Oxfordshire, England. The crew members of a B-47 Stratojet stand in the shade of the fuselage of the plane. An airfield hangar building and a control tower in the background. Men wear Turkish type hats. Three men climb inside the plane. The ground crew chief replaces a ladder inside the plane and closes the hatch.
Film 'Homes For Defense' on the construction of homes for war workers under the Division of Defense Housing Coordination in the United States during World War 2. Houses constructed for soldiers and war production workers through the Federal Defense Housing Program. Houses for the people who construct planes, ships and guns for the protection of America. View of run down tenements and slum housing in a city or town. A car parked outside a house. Children stand near a fence outside the house. A map shows industrial centers. Men move to various industrial centers. Newport News: workers work on machinery for the Battle of Atlantic. Hartford: workers work on machine guns. Detroit: workers in an auto industry. Rock Island: workers in industry make coastal field artillery. Rolla Waynesville: army men at a training center. Corpus Christi: Army men at a new airfield to accommodate the expanding air force. Aircraft in flight. San Diego: workers construct planes in a factory. Signs of the various housing agencies that are doing a special job under the coordinated program.
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