United States Army Air Force aircraft flying over an airfield as seen from the ground during World War II. Groups of aircraft flies away. A Boeing B-29 Superfortress with “A” marking lands at the airfield. The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes a landing near parked fighters. Jeeps drive near the B-29 Superfortress after its landing. Air Force personnel surround the B-29 Superfortress. A Boeing B-29 Superfortress taxiing from the runway.
Military vehicles and aircraft on the runway of an airfield shortly after the end of World War II. United States Army Air Force personnel walk around the vehicles. View of 45th AAF Combat Record board and a machine gun in front of it. Tents are seen behind the board on the beach. Ships are seen sailing off the coast from afar. A man walks towards a jeep. Camera pans showing an airfield. Some tents and vehicles are seen from a distance. Men crowd near a Red Cross truck. Some men are sitting on the ground. M3 half-tracks and trucks are parked near a tent. Bulldozers on the move at a construction site. A crane is seen operating near a mound. A Boeing B-29 Superfortress flying as seen from the ground.
A German Gotha Go-242 transport glider banking in flight during World War II. Starboard side of the Go-242 with three spring skids protruding from bottom of fuselage. The Go-242 transport glider makes a wide turn and final approach to land in airfield. The Go-242 makes a smooth landing on snow-covered airfield in Germany. Soldiers opening the fuselage of the transport glider. Soldiers board motorcycle with sidecars and they drive out from the aircraft.
Bulldozer works to clear earth for the construction of an airfield in the Andreanofs, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, in 1942, during WW2. Wide panoramic views of the flat space to be used for aircraft, covered in shallow water. With map visuals, narrator describes that the U.S. Forces are in fighter range of the Japanese position at Kiska Island, and within bomber range of the Japanese position at Attu Island. A B-24 bomber aircraft moves across the makeshift airfield. U.S. soldiers standing on ladders work on aircraft engines. A bomb is loaded into an aircraft. Soldiers stand and talk, examine papers. U.S. Army Air Force troops walk toward a B-24 Liberator and spin the propellers by hand.
Views of wrecked German Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant airplane at El Aquina airfield in Tunis, Tunisia. An American airman climbs upon the framework of the huge airplane. The vertical stabilizer is partially intact and contains many bullet holes.
Completely wrecked German Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant at the El Aouina airfield in Tunis. Heavy tubular skeletal framework of the main body and dense framework of the wings is seen. All covering is gone, except for a few tattered remnants on the body and wings. The empennage appears to be partially intact.
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