Aviation activities in France during World War I. A French Salmson 2 A.2 aircraft parked at an airfield. A ground crewman turns the propeller of the aircraft. Tent hangars in the background. An observer in the rear cockpit of the Salmson 2 A.2 tests movement of twin machine gun mounts. Observer Lieutenant T. E. Hibbon fires a machine gun in the observer's cockpit of a stationary Spad 11 aircraft. A pilot is seated in the front cockpit of the aircraft.
Flight tests of Ercoupe airplane without and with an auxiliary jet propulsion at March Field in California. Ercoupe airplane takes off with a propeller alone. It is piloted by Captain Homer A. Boushey Jr. The airplane is in hold down position for static tests being conducted by technicians. The pilot in the cockpit. The airplane takes off with an auxiliary jet thrust from 6 units for shortening the take off distance and time. The airplane lands at an airfield. The pilot in the cockpit. The crew stands near the airplane and two men pose for a camera. The airplane takes off and lands during the flight tests. The airplane is in stationary position for the static tests.
Flight tests of Ercoupe airplane without and with an auxiliary jet propulsion at March Field in California. Ercoupe airplane takes off piloted by Captain Homer A. Boushey Jr. clearing a 50 feet obstacle. Mountains in the background. The airplane takes off with an auxiliary jet thrust from 6 units for shortening the take off distance and time during flight tests. A car and the airplane are in stationary position. Crewmen standing at an airfield.
U.S. paratroopers active on a battle front in Korea during the Korean War. U.S. Army paratroopers are seen lined up as they board a U.S.Air Force C-124 Cargo aircraft on an airfield. A C-119 airplane is parked in the background. Closer view of the C-124 with its large clam shell doors open. The troopers board on ramps lowered from the aircraft. Closeup of one trooper climbing a ladder to an aircraft. C-119 aircraft taking off and then in formation. View of pilot in cockpit of a C-119 in flight. Paratroopers jumping from C-46 aircraft. Their chutes deploying. Closeup of paratroopers exiting rear door of C-46 and delaying their chute openings. View from inside a C-46 as troopers jump and their chutes open when well clear of the aircraft. View from below of troopers dropping from C-46s with chutes deployed. More view from inside aircraft as troopers jump. A formation of C-119 (Flying Boxcars) dropping heavy equipment on skids with parachutes attached. View from ground of sky filled with parachutes. Closer views of some troopers as they approach the ground and land. Troops standing by as their equipment is dropped to them by parachutes. Equipment drops reaching the ground. Troops moving out from the landing area.
French General Philippe Leclerc greets an arriving General and stands with others of the Forces Expéditionnaires Françaises d'Extrême-Orient, FEFEO. Scene is at an airfield in French Indochina. General Leclerc presents awards and recognition to several soldiers standing at attention. One of the soldiers, a colonial, wears a bandage on his head. Another soldier is seen with arm in a sling. The ruins of an Indochina city. The damaged buildings and debris. Dead Viet-Minh lying on ground. A French guard stands on duty outside a building. Men inspect the damaged site.
United States aircraft strafe German positions in France during World War II. Explosions due to firing. The damaged equipment on the ground. U.S. aircraft in flight. The U.S. aircraft strafe German positions. A U.S. P-37 taking off from a snow-covered airfield. A U.S. P-37 aircraft lands and loses control on the runway during landing. It plows into a parked P-37 off the runway. A man standing near the parked P-37 is seen running and narrowly misses being hit by the crashing aircraft as he falls to the ground.
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