Gloster Meteor jet airplanes of the British Royal Air Force in operation during the early 1950s. A Gloster Meteor F.4 taxiing. View of a U.S. Boeing B-47 Stratojet forward nose wheel and surrounding area. A Gloster Meteor F.4 takes off. A flight of three Meteors fly low and peel off in 360 overhead approaches for landing at an airfield. A brief view of a U.S. F-80 Shooting Star jet fighter taking off.
Douglas D558-2 Skyrocket research aircraft, built for the U.S. Navy, is seen taking off from Muroc Army Airfield (AKA Edwards Air Force Base). in first test flight, piloted by Douglas test pilot, John F. Martin. It makes gradual ascent passing low over the camera. In this first flight it is powered by a Westinghouse J34-40 turbojet engine. (After early flights with the jet engine, it would re-powered by a rocket engine.)
Explosions at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam. Flight line explosions as smoke rises in the background. USAF planes parked at the airfield. A plane lands in far background. (Note: This occurred on May 16, 1965, when a.B-57B aircraft exploded and set off a series of other explosions shown in this film.)
Explosions and damage at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during Vietnam War. Vietnam Air Force personnel at damaged air field. Firemen spray burning aircraft with water hoses. Damaged aircraft and ruins of aircraft. Aircraft burns. Crater on airfield. Smoke rising from debris. Bombs strewn on flight line. Airmen defuse 500 pound bombs on U.S. Air Force A-1H wing pylons.
Explosions and damage at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Bodies lying on flight line and being placed aboard a truck. Dead bodies and damaged equipment at the air base. Crater at the airfield. Damaged airbase vehicles and debris. Smoke rising at flight line in the far background. Men spray water at a damaged plane. Wrecked planes at air field. Fire and smoke rising. Plane burns.
Damage and fire at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Aerial views of Bien Hoa Air Base. Hangars, runway, fire and smoke rising. Damaged and undamaged planes at the airfield. Wreckage and debris.
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