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U.S. Marine Lieutenant Marshall, with his severely battle-damaged F4U Corsair at Torokina Air Strip in World War II
Flight operations at Torokina Air Strip on Bougainville Island during World War 2. U.S. Marine First Lieutenant Marshall, and another airman stand and smoke by the tail of the bullet-riddled F4U Corsair aircraft that he just landed on Torokina airfield. The aircraft, Corsair number 25 (BuNo 17736) is from Lieutenant Marshall's unit, VMF-216. They examine the damage on the aircraft. Lt. Marshall, who suffered head injury from cockpit shrapnel is being given first aid in an army tent. Views of damage to the aircraft, including tattered wing, flaps shot up, holes in the fuselage, and huge pieces shot out of the rudder. ( This mission took place on 19 Dec 1943. After flying cover for B-24 bombers over Rabaul, Three U.S. Marine Corps F4Us flown by Capt. Lawrence 'Cloudy" Faulkner, and First Lieutenants Marshal and Guv Kemper, were surprised and engaged by 20-30 Japanese Zekes (Zeros) diving from behind clouds . Lieutenant Marshal was the sole survivor of the encounter.)
Aerial views of Torokina Air Strip, Piva Yoke and Piva Uncle airstrips, and environs, Bougainville Island, during World War II
Interior view from right side of an aircraft taking off from Torokina Air Strip on Bougainville Island, during World War 2. Numerous aircraft are seen parked near trees beside the runway, including U.S. Marine Corps F4U Corsairs; P-38 Lightnings; RNZAF P-40s; and USAAF Piper L-4 Grasshoppers. F4U Corsairs are taxiing beside the runway. Aircraft interior backward view from the departing aircraft's tail, shows the runway below and behind, with water on two sides. Next, the narrow airstrip is seen as the camera airplane flies overhead, just offshore, parallel to the runway. The camera continues to focus on the airfield as the plane climbs to higher altitude. Aerial view of small islands below, with small boats leaving wakes as they speed across the water. Next is view at lower altitude as the camera plane flies offshore parallel to the airstrip runway, as if on a downwind leg for landing. Next scenes are from above nearby Piva Yoke fighter airstrip, and parallel Piva Uncle bomber airstrip, which appears to be under construction. It is cut out of jungle and no aircraft are seen on it. The camera airplane's right rear horizontal stabilizer is seen momentarily as it flies slowly over the site. Some smoke rises from the area. Views of mountain and a river, as the flight continues. The final view is from offshore, over the sea.
U.S. Air Force operations during Cuban Missile Crisis. Shows SAC B-52 bombers and Air Defense F-104 interceptors
View from aircraft landing at Leeward Point Airfield, Quantanamo Bay, Cuba. U.S. troops exiting C-135 transport aircraft. U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) headquarters charting planned airborne alert missions of SAC bombers, during Cuban Missile Crisis. SAC crews in briefing rooms. Aerial view of a United States Navy nuclear submarine partially submerged. Bomb and missiles being loaded on SAC aircraft. Flight of two F-104 starfighter aircraft taking off. B-52 Bomber taking off. B-47 Bomber landing with drag chute deployed. Ground crewman with lettering on shirt identifying location as Air National Guard Permanent Training Site, Volk Field, Wisconsin. Two F-104s parked. Air Force personnel going in and out of Air Field Headquarters building. Door marked: "Headquarters Air Defense Command." A C-121 Airborne Command aircraft, with large radar hump on top, is seen in flight. A sign reads: " Headquarters Montgomery Air Defense Sector" and Air Force personnel are seen at control stations inside. Sign at Langley Air Force Base, in Virginia, reads "Headquarters Tactical Air Command."
A biplane flies over Washington D.C., United States
United States Army Air Service aircraft fly in formation in Washington D.C. A biplane flies over the capital. Aircraft take off from an airfield. Aircraft flying in combat formation over Washington DC and surrounding areas. Aerial view of the Potomac River. Aircraft in flight.
A young woman pulls a Comper Swift monoplane, loads her baggage and flies the airplane in Liverpool, England.
A woman flies a small airplane in Liverpool, England. A young woman pulls a small 'airplane roadster' across an airfield. She poses with a small dog at the airplane, then places some golf club luggage in a rear compartment of the fuselage, and a briefcase or suitcase in a front compartment. Her dog is sitting in the airplane. The woman places a large suitcase in a forward fuselage compartment, climbs in the cockpit, checks her makeup in a mirror, and then takes off. People standing near a car watch. (This is a Comper Swift monoplane, filmed at Hooton Park, near Liverpool, where these planes were made. Probably the first one built, filmed for publicity, It is powered by a 40 hp ABC Scorpion piston engine. Later versions had a more powerful radial engine.)
U.S. President John Kennedy with party arrives and watches the test firing of a Saturn rocket booster in Huntsville, Alabama.
President of the United States John F Kennedy's tour to Redstone arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and party arrives at an airfield in a jet plane. President Kennedy, Vice President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson and U.S. Secretary of Army Cyrus Roberts Vance greeted by astronautics engineer Dr. Wernher Von Braun and others. The President and party salute. President Kennedy and party watch test firing of a Saturn rocket booster. The party gets into staff cars.
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