Soviet aviation day 18 August air shows from the period 1935 – 1940
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtk0Im01YwM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiUt1t9P9uohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWShYOIf7YYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8aBQdR75qg Balloons, gliders, autogyros, civilian as well as military aircraft.
Flypasts, aerobatics and formation flying.
Mock air battles – in the second film an observation balloon is shot down – I can not believe there was actually a man in the gondola who bailed out!
Paratroopers are also dropped with the footage from military exercise obviously added in the second film.