Fliers of the U.S. Army Air Force -China-Burma-India theater, at an airfield in Kumming China. They converse in front of a B-25 bomber. Chinese man in background. Colonel Robert L. Scott, Jr. sitting on the nose of a Flying Tiger Curtiss P-40. American fliers looking over a Huff Daland two-seater bi-winged plane with French insignia on side of fuselage.. American Air Force Headquarters in Kunming,China. Sentry houses on both sides. A Chinese officer in front of fields.
Film outlines mobilization and various departments and divisions of British response to German blitz air raids in battle of Britain. Film shows scenes of: Anti-aircraft batteries, Royal Air Force aircraft response, Air Raid Wardens, Observer Corps, Decontamination Squads, Auxiliary Fire Service, and First Aid Posts. British forces prepare for German Blitz air raids on British cities in World War II. British naval ships at sea. A large howitzer and guns seen on the ship. Maps show positions of warships and aircraft in Britain. British aircraft on airfield. British police marching. British air raid wardens. Air raid observer looking skyward with binoculars. British fire engine, fire boat and fire men seen. Entrance to air raid shelter. Medical ward set up to treat victims.
Street sign refers to public transport connection to Germany that runs daily until the end of the war. A dirt airfield in World War II. Ground crews load belt ammunition into boxes near Bf-109 (Me-109) aircraft on which mechanics are working. Ground crew refuels an aircraft. Famous German fighter pilot ace, Werner Molders, is assisted as he changes into flight clothes and climbs into the cockpit of his Bf-109 airplane. (Tail of his airplane shows 42 painted marks, representing aerial victories.) Crew chief stands on wing and cranks engine. Molders taxis out and takes off. Formation of Bf-109s in flight and over coastal waters. View from cockpit as German plane dives to attack allied ship in water.
A view of an airfield. Ford tri-motor airplane comes in for a landing. Ford tri-motor airplane taxiing. Henry Ford shakes hand with man coming out of the air plane. Henry Ford and group of men pose under wing of plane. Ford tri-motor airplane stunting, doing rolls and loops in air.
American comedian Bob Hope arrives at the Bonriki airfield, also known as Mullinex field, during World War 2. A PBY-5A Catalina lands and taxis. Bob Hope and his USO entertainment troupe exit the plane. They are greeted by officers and men. The troupe enters jeeps. PBY-5A Catalina warms up. Stage and Navy sailor and soldier spectators for the Bob Hope show. Bob Hope and troupe in plane.
A Royal Air Force (R.A.F.) Show in England. The Royal Air Force passes in Coronation Review for the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II. R.A.F flyers march. R.A.F. aircraft on airfield for inspection by Queen Elizabeth. RAF aircraft fly overhead in formation, including Lincoln Bombers, Meteor Fighters, English Electric Canberra Jet Bombers, and a Handley Page Victor Jet Bomber which had been top secret until the occasion. An aerial view of the Victor Jet Bomber is also seen.
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