Protection for astronaut in the form of revolutionary space suits...
Royal Air Force pilots prepare for a night time mission.
British and U.S. troops are briefed by officers. Location of events unknown.
A pilot puts on his flying helmet as he stands by his plane in a...
American Mustang planes in action.
Massive crowds turn out in Lisbon to greet...
Several airmen are helped into their monoplanes just prior to take off.
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Compilation of early flying material - including some military aviation.
Footage of glider being towed.
Men board gliders & gliders leave airfield.
US Pilot is guided in by men in Operations Room using radar.
A D.C.3 tows a glider into the air.
Demonstration of survival at sea from jumping overboard, sending...
F.94C jet, water jumping from airman's reach owing to artificial...
Great footage of women and men working on production of Boulton Paul...
700 of the Royal Air Force's best athletes parade before championships....
Troops from Poland and Czechoslovakia arrive in Britain...
Material showing American airmen and spotter planes.
An American airman shows of the flak jacket that saved his...
Take off, gliding and landing in the mountains
Night fighters...
American air bases at Kiska and Attu in the Aleutian Islands.
Men from an Australian squadron of the R.A.F. receive a...
New aeroplane of the Royal Air Force is unveiled at Cranwell,...
A U.S. airship rescues a stranded airman from the sea, and Chinese Air Force puts on...
German pilots whose planes have been shot down are captured and given...
An American expedition...
America and Canada send more men to Britain to fight...
American airmen are presented with medals at unknown airfield.
Material showing American pilot and P.51 aeroplane.
General Urquhart arriving by plane, taking to American General and giving speech...
Plane stuck in snow, wheels removed, skis replace them, troops...
Swiss airforce manoeuvres in Alps.
Black Americans train to be fighter pilots in Michigan.
United States airmen undertake survival exercise on Goat Island....
Footage of pilots in training.
Battle Colours are presented to the first Polish squadron of...
A seaplane enables a wire to be set up quickly on a ship for a breeches buoy.
A camera gun records the exact position of fighter...
US airmen are tested inside a pressure chamber before becoming stratosphere fighters.
US trainee airmen move into their new quarters at the Congress and...
Footage of Canadian soldiers arriving in Britain.
Prince Bernhard inspects airmen at Dutch flying school in Holland.
Sir Philip Games attends inspection of aircraft apprentices.
Canadian airmen and nurses come ashore after long journey on troopships.
The flying boat 'Clare' returns back to Britain after flight...
Shots of a bombing raid on Dover - houses are destroyed but the people keep smiling.
Good pictures of an RAF bomber station as they prepare to go out...
The coffins of 5 American airmen are brought to a chapel in Ciampino, Rome, Italy.