United States Air Force Martin B-57B Canberra tactical bombers and crewmen at Bien Hoa Air Base during the Vietnam War. Thick dark smoke rises from the right side of the airfield in the background. Control tower seen in background. A Martin B-57 Canberra aircraft taxis toward camera position and accelerates for take off.
Debut of the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft in St Louis, Missouri. The F-15 fighter taxiing to display area of airfield. The fighter stops in front of the display area at the McDonnell Douglas headquarters. People watch the F-15 fighter in display area. A couple climbs stair to view F-15 cockpit. Cameramen are seen in the front and back of parked F-15 aircraft.
People view debut of the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle aircraft, shown on display at an airfield in St Louis, Missouri. A cameraman setting up equipment in front of the F-15 and crowds. A “No Smoking” sign is also seen. USAF empennage and body of the F-15 fighter. F-15 aircraft in front of hangar at McDonnell Douglas headquarters.
Crowds listening to Ohio Senator George H. Bender’s speech during his 1956 re-election campaign at Cleveland Public Square (50 Public Square Suite 1700, Cleveland, OH 44113) in Cleveland, Ohio. The Presbyterian Old Stone Church is seen in the background. President Dwight D. Eisenhower waves to the crowds on Superior Avenue, in front of Wilshire Building. Confetti is being thrown from a building. Secret Service men following President Eisenhower’s 1950 Lincoln Presidential Limousine. Crowds gather on the street to watch President Eisenhower’s motorcade through downtown Cleveland and suburbs. President Eisenhower greets pilots at the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. First Lady Mamie Eisenhower smiles before boarding aircraft. President Eisenhower holds the flag of Ohio beside Mrs. Eisenhower. President Eisenhower waves his hat to say goodbye to supporters. Supporters disperse from the airfield after President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower board the aircraft.
World War II German film (“Arbeitskopie” or “working copy”) showing men lifting a Gotha Go-242 transport glider using a hydraulic jack. The port side of German Go-242 glider front fuselage. Two civilian workers place a large hydraulic jack under the nose of the Go-242 aircraft. They raise the Go-242’s nose section about 5 feet off the ground. Two other civilians place a two-wheel under-carriage under the middle part of aircraft fuselage. View of worker's hands as he attaches wheels to fuselage frame. German soldiers push two side-car motorcycles into rear of aircraft with open half of fuselage. Fuselage drops down and closes as seen from the rear half of aircraft. Interior close ups of the position of two motorcycles with soldiers (possibly paratroopers) sitting in seats. A tractor towing the Go-242 glider on airfield.
A group of 30 marching German soldiers enter the open fuselage of a Gotha Go-242 transport glider in Germany during World War II. Other soldiers push two hand-pushed ammunition trailers and one side-car motorcycle into the Go-242 aircraft parked on snow covered ground. View of the rear part of the Go-242 as its fuselage closes. Interior view of aircraft as all soldiers sitting on both sides of fuselage with motorcycle, ammunition trailers, and one anti-tank gun between them. In front can be seen the backs of the pilot and co-pilot of the Go-242. Rear view of Go-242 parked on snow-covered ground. The rear of fuselage is closed and through opening in the glass-covered rear, a soldier mans a heavy caliber machine gun. Machine guns protrude from two openings on each side of the fuselage and an opening on top of the fuselage is also seen. The Go-242 airborne over airfield after takeoff. Wheels and the undercarriage are seen dropping off from the Go-242 in flight.
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