Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. Selected scenes from U.S.Air Force for proj. 223-12040

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. Selected scenes from U.S.Air Force for proj. 223-12040

1964-1980

Historical scenes: Clouds. Disolve to crowds in street after WW I. People waving and cheering. F.H. LaGuardia leading parade. AVs, two planes in flight. Stunt man on wing tranfering to wing of second plane. AVs, stunt man on wing of plane changes to a second plane in mid-air and hangs upside down from the second plane. Plane does loop with man sitting on the wing. Biplane lands with stunt man standing on cowling. Biplanes lined up on field. Planes start engines and take off. AVs, men jump from wings of planes in flight. Parachutes open. Four Curtiss P-1 Hawks flying in formation and laying smoke screen. CU, wheel of spad plane running over ground on takeoff. RV, pilot at controls of plane in flight. CU, altimeter. Huge crowd lisiting to Benito Mussolini making a speech in Italy. MS, CU, War Department building in Washington, D.C. Over-the-shoulder view of a blueprint of the YB-17 long-range heavy bomber. Historical scenes: Men at drafting tables. CU, model of the YB-17. AVs, man in turret of biplane taking still pictures of the ground below. AVs, terrain and buildings. Pilot puts on helmet and climbs into biplane with gunner. Two pilots looking at German crosses painted on the plane elevator. Pilot and little French girl in cockpit of plane named "Ickie." Soldiers standing by crashed, upside down plane. Moonlit bank of clouds. Planes can be seen flying past. Pilot climbs into cockpit of French Spad-7. CUs, two pilots in cockpits. Turret machine gunner aiming his guns. Biplane with pilot and gunner about to take off. Crewman spins prop; removes chock. Plane rolls forward. LS, biplanes takes off. Wrecked American plane being examined by men.

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