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- Major "Chick" Davis is convinced that high-level bombing will win the next war. He convinces the powers-that-be to set up a bombardier school. He efficiently sets about training the USAAF's first generation of high-level bombardiers.
- A documentary recounting the experiences of the 351st Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces, based in England during the Second World War . The group's air and ground crews are followed through a number of bombing missions over Hitler's Germany.
- Inspirational short film designed to encourage recruits for the American Army Air Forces.
- A young rural enlistee is initially disappointed with his job as an air mechanic, but his great marksmanship skills make him a tail gunner in a bomber.
- A group of sailors kid their shipmate Frank about his constant reading, when they would all rather play cards. But each of them has a dream for the future that they consider impossible. Harry wants a better world for his two kids, Shorty and Eddie want to start a trucking company, Joe wants to learn about engines, and another of the gang just wants to know how to write well. When Frank reveals that he's been studying to get his high school diploma and to have a career in the Navy, the others realize that the educational benefits offered by the Armed Forces Institute can help them achieve their dreams.
- Documentary short film depicting the correct methods of surviving the crash landing of a military aircraft in the desert. Methods of conserving water, providing shelter, and signaling for help are depicted.
- In this World War II military training film, a B-25 crew bails out over the jungle, and the pilot is separated from the rest of of his crew. The two groups of soldiers must survive until they can meet up and be rescued. The pilot does almost everything wrong, and the rest of his crew does almost everything right. We learn, by both bad and good example, how to survive in the jungle.
- This short film in support of the war effort dramatizes the training and missions of Army Air Forces Captain Hewett T. Wheless, a former Texas ranch hand who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in the early days of WWII.
- The story of the first bombing raid on Tokyo by B-29 Superfortress bombers of the U.S. Army Air Forces. Crews are followed from their training staging at Grand Island, Nebraska to their bombing embarkation point on the island of Saipan. From there, the B-29 attack on the Nakajima aircraft plant outside Tokyo is depicted.
- This Oscar-nominated USAF film covers the Berlin Airlift from the initial closure of the city in 1948 through 1949. It explains how, what and why that supported the city.
- Wartime US Army Air Forces training film about he dangers of venereal disease The Three Cadets are AAF pilot trainees who represent the cross section of AAF aviation cadets at the time. This film covers the precautions to prevent infection, and the dos and don'ts on what to do if one is unfortunate to be infected. Shown only to Army Air Forces during and possibly after WWII.
- Military training film detailing flight procedure, crew assignments, and armament of the B-29 bomber aircraft.
- A WWII orientation short about the rigorous selection process for bombardiers, navigators, and pilots.
- Training film demonstrating the techniques and requirements of flying the B-24 bomber equipped with a turbosupercharger, a mechanism designed to help engines function at full capacity at high altitudes.
- A documentary showing the functions of the Army Air Corps' First Motion Picture Unit, which made training and inspirational films for the Army Air Force during the Second World War.
- In this military training documentary, Captain Bill Keever demonstrates to (and on) airman Private Gates the materials used on board a bomber to treat injured crewmen. He displays the materials, explaining each one, then demonstrates how they are utilized and what warning signs to look out for. Then in a simulation examination, crew members must care for three gunners, Lawson, Odell, and Thomas, each of whom has been "wounded" and needs immediate treatment.
- Training film for Air Force fliers demonstrating the proper equipment procedures for ditching an aircraft at sea.
- This animated military documentary short film instructs pilots how to do the flying maneuver known as a "lazy eight," in which the airplane flies in alternating loops. As attempting this maneuver at too high an airspeed can result in the aircraft stalling, special care must be exercised in making the turns, and to help pilots better understand the technique, an animated Mae West is happy to demonstrate the movements.
- A recount of the bombing campaign by the United States Army's Fifteenth Air Force against the oilfields and refineries in and around Ploesti, Romania during World War II.
- Training film demonstrating techniques for piloting the P-39 Airacobra pursuit plane, including aerobatics and strafing.
- Training film demonstrating how instrument control panel units control direction and level of flight when the autopilot is operational.
- Training film depicting methods on preparing, making, and applying different kinds of patches to damaged wooden areas of aircraft bodies.
- Training film explaining proper procedure for setting up the C-1 aeronautical autopilot for use during a bombing run, and evasive action during anti-aircraft fire.
- Training film demonstrating proper methods of unloading and assembling the crates containing the dismantled P-39 Airacobra pursuit fighter plane.
- Training film demonstrating nomenclature, parts, and firing techniques for the rifle.
- Training film demonstrating the correct procedure for uncrating and assembling the P-47 fighter aircraft under field conditions. A dismantled plane is uncrated, put together, inspected, and flown off on camera.
- Training film depicting conditions which cause oil fires and techniques for stopping them, exploring distinguishing aspects of various types of oil fires.
- Training film demonstrating the uses and capabilities of the helicopter, both in wartime and in projected use by the average family.
- Training film demonstrating technique for repairing larger holes in an airplane's surface skin, using wooden reinforcements for the patch.
- Training film depicting procedure for synchronizing the firing of the fuselage guns in the P-39 Airacobra pursuit plane so that rounds pass through but do not hit the propeller blades.
- Training film demonstrating basic operation of the P-47 pursuit plane.
- Training film demonstrating various hand and power trucks used to move crates and other materiel in an Army Air Force depot.
- Training film demonstrating methods for repairing damage to an aircraft fuselage.
- This documentary depicts the American effort to support the Chinese government before and during the Second World War, by means of transport flights of materiel from India to China, by the fierce defense of China skies by the pilots of the American Volunteer Group (The Flying Tigers), and the subsequent absorption and augmentation of that unit by the U.S. Army Air Forces' Fourteenth Air Force. Also depicted are the millions of refugees fleeing the Japanese armies and the relocation of equipment, personnel, and (sometimes) civilians in advance of the invaders.
- Training film demonstrating the proper procedure for sighting in the machine guns and cannon aboard the P-39 Airacobra fighter aircraft.
- Training film demonstrating safe and proper procedure for towing, mooring, and jacking the B-17 bomber.
- Training film demonstrating the usage of the turbosupercharger, a device for providing greater engine capability at high altitude. Various techniques for operating and servicing the turbosupercharger are shown using a B- 17 bomber.
- This short documentary teaches you how to identify, strip, load, and fire Japanese guns from 7.7 mm through 25mm. Also, it shows autoloading cannon. This film was made for the training of jungle paratroop fighters. It shows complete disassembly, tools, ammunition and firing of the following weapons: Type 92, 7.7mm, army mg, etc.
- Training film for pilots of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning pursuit aircraft, focusing particularly on flight characteristics during operation on only one engine.
- Training film depicting the fundamentals of electricity and how electrical signals can be used to keep an airplane on correct course and altitude through an autopilot.
- Training film demonstrating aerobatic capabilities of the P-47 pursuit plane as well as techniques and restrictions of high altitude flying.
- Training film explaining how the controls of the C-1 aeronautical autopilot are set up prior to take off.
- The story of the 13th Army Air Force on Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and Munda in the Solomon Islands. Conceived, developed and mostly filmed by Lt. Edwin Parkhill. Narrated by: Spencer Tracy; and Ronald Reagan; Score: David Rose.
- Military training film in which an instructor trains a new B-17 bomber pilot in proper procedure and technique while airborne.
- This documentary film is about the story of the Army Air Forces from June 1939 to December 1943. Also, it features expansion of the Air Forces to meet the strategic, tactical and supply requirements of today's global warfare.
- Documentary detailing the activities of American fighter escort pilots during bombing raids over Germany.
- This documentary short film depicts the methodology and necessity for fighter pilots during World War II to recognize and note information from the ground during their passage over enemy territory and targets. Using a fictional locale, the film shows a squadron of fighter escorts accompanying bombers on a mission and then making note of the damage to targets, identifying ground elements, and upon return comparing notes with each other to verify findings.
- Training film depicting proper procedures and precautions for transporting, storing, and using aviation fuel in the field.
- Animated training film demonstrating the process by which an autopilot uses gyroscopic controls to maintain an airplane in level flight.
- Training film for military pilots of the Bell P-39 Airacobra pursuit aircraft, examining flight techniques, cockpit layout, and armament.