Airplanes during test flights at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The airplanes can fly at an enormous speed. U.S. Navy Douglas Skyrocket parked at an air base. Test pilot Scott Crossfield (Albert Scott Crossfield) inspects the needle nose of a D-558-2 Douglas Skyrocket aircraft. Aerial views of the D-558-2 Skyrocket airplane in flight. Scene changes to an airfield in Inglewood California. A new light pusher airplane with an X-shape tail, the Acme Aircraft Co S-1 Sierra, is being rolled out of a hangar. A man stands nearby and looks at the airplane. A pilot in the cockpit. The airplane takes off from the air base for a test flight.
World War II activities of the First Motion Picture Unit of the United States Army Air Forces in Culver City, California. Airplanes parked at an air base. Camera equipment being loaded into United States Army Air Force Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan and a United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) A-20 Havoc aircraft for aerial photography. Men in the cockpit of an airplane. A large formation of A-20s in flight. USAAF Curtiss P-40 aircraft in flight. The engine of a USAAF C-47 Skytrain stops and starts. A PT-17 aircraft flying at low altitude over airfields. A USAAF BT-13 Valiant performs an aileron roll. A USAAF Martin B-26C Marauder drops a large life raft and the BT-13 Valiant spins down. The U.S. flag atop a flag pole. Unit personnel at a retreat ceremony in a part of the main building.
Scenes from filming of "Combat America," at RAF Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England, during World War 2. B-17s parked on the airfield. U.S. Airmen standing near and on balcony of the Base Operations control tower building. Interior of Quonset Hut barrack. An airman reading. Four U.S. Army Air Force Officers posing in Class A uniform with blouse and hat.
Activities ofUnited States Army Air Forces at RAF Polebrook during World War 2. Scenes from filming of "Combat America." U.S. AAF B-17 crew synchronizing watches and preparing for a bombing mission. Medic talks to crewman about his injured hand. Airplanes and personnel on the airfield in the far background.
Activities of the United States Army Air Forces stationed at RAF Polebrook in England, during World War 2. Several takes of scene in filming of "Combat America." Base building near the airfield. U.S. AAF B-17crew members conversing with Army doctor. A car passing in the background. Closeup of Army doctor, Major Nowack. An ambulance parked in the background. Major Nowack looks at hand of a crew member.
The bombing of Ballale Island in Solomon island by the U.S. aircraft during Pacific campaign in World War II. United States Army Air Froce B-24 Liberators and other airplanes in flight. Airplanes fly in formation over the target area. Aerial view of the Ballale Islands. The airplanes drop bombs over the target area. Smoke from explosions. Also, bombing of Buin Airfield (Kahili) Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero in flight. USAAF P-39 Airacobra crashes. Dogfights of the airplanes and view as an airplane that is hit descends and crashes in water.
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