United States aircraft dives and strafes over Peleliu Island, Palau. Smoke rises from far background. 5th Marines Division troops advance towards Japanese airfield. Officer interrogates Japanese prisoner. (World War II period).
United States aircraft dives and strafes over Peleliu Island, Palau during World War II. Smoke rises from far background. 5th Marines Division troops on LVT ( Landing Vehicle Tracked ) tanks move on Japanese airfield. Flares descend from sky at night.
From a U.S. Army Air Force training film, "How to Fly the P-47. Ground Handling, Take off, Normal flight, and Landing." Film opens with a humorous comparison between flying the P-47 and playing golf, presented by comedian Lew Lehr. Lehr, walking with a young woman on a golf course and playing a game of golf. The woman hits the ball with a golf club three different times as Lehr compares her actions to flying. View of P-47 Thunderbolts parked on an airfield. Pilot walks up, checks wheel of the aircraft and begins pre-flight inspection.
Aircraft parked at a Los Angeles, California airport that is undergoing expansion. Horse pulled earth-moving carts carve new runways. Los Angeles County Relief Administration (LACRA) workers construct two runways at the airfield.
President John F Kennedy and party arrive at airfield in Huntsville, Alabama. The Aircraft boarding stairs, rolled next to Airplane door entrance. The Airplane taxis and takes off from the runway. President John F Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B Johnson greeted by Dr Wernher Von Braun and other dignitaries. President Kennedy speaks over microphone. President and party enter car and drive away.
A C-47 control aircraft flies low over an airfield. It will be coordinating the filming of F-86 sabre jets to commence shortly.
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