Landing of aircraft with two cylinder 36 horse power motor in Washington DC. An aircraft taxis on the airfield. The aircraft taxis past the hangar. Pilot Brooks disembarks the aircraft. Men watch the aircraft. Speedometer and fuel indicator in the cockpit. Men stand behind the parked aircraft.
First test flight of the amphibian aircraft to be used by United States Navy out of San Diego, California, to document unchartered territory in Alaska. An aircraft taxis and takes off from the airfield. Mountains in the background. The aircraft in flight over sea. Ships docked at sea in the background. The wheels of the aircraft fold and the aircraft taxis at sea. Pilots load tri-lens aerial camera aboard an aircraft. Lieutenant B H Wyatt, Commander of the expedition, discusses problems with pilots. The Commander points at a map. Tents in the background.
Flight of Cierva autogyro from Cuatro Vientos Aerodrome in Madrid, Spain. Men push Cierva autogyro onto runway at the Cuatro Vientos Aerodrome. A hangar in the background. Men work with the propeller blades. Captain Joaquin Loriga climbs into the autogyro. Engineer De La Cierva talks to Loriga. A man pushes the rotor of autogyro. Other men watch him working. The autogyro taxis on the airfield. The autogyro flies over field. The autogyro lands. Men rush over to autogyro. Colonel Marquis of Gonzalez Castejon and Mayor Herrera delegate talk with the pilot after landing.
Allied Invasion of France during World War II. Aerial view of the bombardments on the German aircraft by U.S. Army 8 th Air Force Fighter Squadron. Aircraft being parked on airfield. Allied attack on seaplanes at sea. Bombardment on locomotives moving on tracks and ships underway at sea. Allied attack on the German aircraft in flight. Grasslands in the background. Aircraft dives and explodes.
Arrival of General MacDonald in Saigon,French Indochina during First Indochina War. British,French and Vietnamese flags flutter in wind from flag pole. British General Commissioner for Northeast Asia ,Sir Malcolm MacDonald disembarks aircraft and arrives at Saigon from Doilat. French Army General, Jean De Lattre de Tassigny receives and greets Sir MacDonald. General Tassigny,Sir Donald and their staffs review troops. The Generals hand shakes with officers. They inspect installations and tank units. Sir MacDonald stands at attention as General Tassigny salutes at the British,French and Vietnamese flags at the airfield.
West Point Cadets in flight suits, with goggles, prepare for flight at Mitchel Field, Hempstead, New York. Officer gives instruction to the cadets standing at attention. Building in the background. West Point cadets leave building. Others sit on steps of building. West Point cadets, wearing seat-pack parachutes, march down flight line. Row of parked United States Army Air Corps B-6A bomber aircraft. Cadets stand in front of the aircraft, parked with engines running, on the airfield. Cadets climb into B-6A aircraft. Interior of the Cockpit. Cadet and pilot look at map. Nose section of B-6A. Cadet in nose gunner position aims through machine gun sight. Cadet in rear radio operator-gunner position speaks into microphone. Pilot at controls checks engines and instruments. Ground crewmen remove wheel chocks and the aircraft taxi in formation to the runway, and takeoff, one at a time. Aerial view of B-6As in formation flight over Long Island, New York.
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