Summary: General coverage of activities at Wright Field in 1944 showing various types of early model aircraft on ground and in the air; showing tests being conducted on Air Force equipment and test personnel; also street scenes at Wright Field showing both military and civilian personnel. (AAC, ca. 1944. Made by Materiel Div.)(NOTE: For Reels 1 and 2 see USAF 12848A, Reels 1 and 2.)Reel 3: 1) High angle shot taken possibly from helicopter looking down upon Area "B", Wright Field. 2) LS looking down from top of hill toward hangar area. 3) MCS sign above doorway, "Aircraft Section". 4) CU interior aircraft section building showing designers working at desks, male and female. 5) MLS wind tunnel at Wright Field. 6) MS entrance to Armament Building, WAF entering doorway. 7) Excellent night shot, firing tracers at Armament Range showing flashes of explosions in target area, tracers richoting about in scene. 8) MLS street scene at Wright Field in front of Building 11, civilian policemen walking up sidewalk in front of building. 9) CS Operations Tower at Area "B", sign on same, "Operations Altitude 300 Feet." 10) MLS two of the large hangars at Area "B". 11) MS high angle of the control tower operations building. 12) MCS female employees entering and leaving one of the buildings,13) MS front SV of the night bombardment long distance XNBL-1 Barling bomber stationary--several people standing on the midwing of this plane. Plane's first flight-22 August 1923. 14) CS of the Barling bomber taxiing. 15) ACS Barling bomber in flight. 16) MLS full SV B-29 stationary. 17) ASV B-29 in flight. 18) CS survival kit layout on table showing various pieces of equipment, protective clothing, food, guns, knives. 19) ECU of head nets, parkas, belt, boots.20) CS downed pilot resting against palm tree, dense jungle area--pilot starting to don helmet. 21) CS crash scene area, wing of crashed aircraft visible only, scrubby pine tree growth in area--pilot dressed in winter clothing starting to walk through deep snow. 22) ECU pilot of aircraft putting on oxygen mask. 23) CU co-pilot of aircraft equipped with head phones and oxygen mask on head. 24) AS RV vapor trails from single B-17 in flight. 25) MS five men in life raft using sail attached to one end of the raft,26) High angle shot looking directy down upon the raft showing men in same. 27) CS six men in raft, some using oars--sail also attached to the raft.28) MS light reflection from sun upon water showing seven men in left raft. (Rafts in all previous scenes are rubber life rafts.)29) CU survival equipment on table. 30) CU containers of K-rations, emergency drinking water and other crash survival equipment. 31) CS men installing large aerial camera in aircraft, still photo camera. 32) CS still photo taken by same camera.33) CS interior film laboratory showing large reels of film going through developing process. 34) CU film being developed going across large rollers, film framed possibly 12 by 12 inch pictures in size. 35) CU two officers looking at the finished print after coming off the developer. 36) CU interior bomb bay showing bombs falling. 37) AS target area. 38) Aerial bomb strikes in target area on buildings along railroad line. 39) CS propeller test stand showing huge propeller undergoing test.40) CS special rig mounted atop caterpiller vehicle used to remove engines, from aircraft showing boom and chain hoist being moved into position in front of stationary B-23. 41) CS two mechanics attaching boom section to propeller of the B-23, removing same from aircraft. 42) MS propeller mounted on special carriage or trailer used to haul propellers, tug tows same out of area.43) ECU pitch being changed upon propeller blade, prop stationary.44) ASV B-17 in flight feathering Nos. 1 and 4 engines. 45) CS air speed indicator of B-17 showing air speed 200 MPH--needle drops back to 150 MPH, then climbs back to 200 MPH. 46) ACS prop windmilling. 47) ACS B-17 in flight, Nos. 1 and 4 props windmilling. 48) ECU aircraft propeller stationary, pitch being changed on same. 49) AS B-17 in flight, Nos. 1 and 4 props being feathered. 50) ECU repeat scenes of air speed indicator. 51) AS B-17 in flight, Nos. 1 and 4 props windmilling. 52) ACS propellers and engine housing of the B-17, No. 4 propeller feathered. 53) ASV B-17 in flight, Nos. 1 and 2 engines feathered. 54) ECU mechanic pulling props through plane equipped with counter rotating propellers. 55) MS full FV counter rotating propeller, aircraft stationary, props turning.56)AS P-62 in flight using the counter rotating propellers. 57) ACS P-62 in flight using the counter rotating propellers. 58) CU interior test building showing personnel pile sandbags on section of aircraft during tests. 59) PS interior of structural test building showing test in operation, sandbags attached to section of fuselage--fuselage collapses. 60) CS crashing early model aircraft against.solid stone wall for research in fire prevention in aircraft. 61) MCS obsolete aircraft crashing into cement wall, bursting into flame.62) ECS high speed camera showing test as in previous scenes. 63) CS interior building showing pressure chamber and operator. 64) CS medical technician checking over test personnel prior to entering the altitude chamber. 65) CS medic assisting with adjusting of oxygen mask upon same person. 66) CS hand opening valve on pressure chamber. 67) CS altimeter on the pressure chamber. 68) CS interior pressure chamber showing medic treating wounded person, medics and patient all wearing oxygen masks. 69) CS pressure chamber, hand opening valve, decreasing altitude in chamber. 70) CU altimeter showing descent of pressure in same from 6000 to 0 feet. 71) CS cockpit simulator in Aero Med Lab showing rapid decompression test being conducted on pilot, officer strikes hole in paper plate attached to the pressurized cockpit, air erupts from same. 72) CS interior of cockpit showing test pilot in same starting to put on oxygen mask--showing pilots reaction to rapid decompression. 73) CS loading cargo into C-87 Liberator impress aircraft used as cargo carrier--aircraft engines and crates of supplies being loaded into same. 74) PS take off of same. 75) ACS flight of same. 76) CS interior C-47 cockpit showing pilot and co-pilot getting up out of seats of aircraft while in flight--aircraft continues in flight using automatic pilot. 77) AS looking out past engine of C-47 flying over solid layer of cumulus cloud formations. 78) CS cockpit of C-47 in flight, automatic pilot, pilot and co-pilot not in position. 79) CS communication and navigation truck, "US Army Air Corps Materiel Division Instrument and Navigation Unit", written on side of truck. 80) CS men setting up ground control unit for controlling aircraft in flight. 81) PS of C-45 aircraft passing directly overhead of the radio controlled unit, lets down and lands in far bg,82) PS launching of radio-controlled aircraft from horizontal launching ramp; aircraft in flight and circling overhead. 83) Beeper box hand control, officer guiding aircraft in flight by means of same. 84) PS officer pushes button control on same. 85) LS overhead showing parachute opening. 86) PS radio-controlled aircraft descending to earth by means of parachute. 87) CS wing section of early model aircraft in flight--airmen standing on wing making parajumps from same, pilot opens chute prior to releasing hold on the aircraft and is jerked off the wing when chute opens. 88) ADS airmen jumping from unseen aircraft descending long way towards earth before opening chute--delayed chute opening test.89)LS showing parachute descending. Scenes of Sgt Bose who made first free fall with parachute. 90) MLS parachutists descending to earth--men run out to area, ambulance drives into scene.91)PS multi-parachute jump from C-47's overhead. 92) PS attempt flight of early model helicopter. Plane equipped with four rotors, each mounted on a protruding section of the helicopter, DeBothiazat helicopter. 93) CS attempt launchings showing assistant on ground ducking out of way as helicopter flies at low altitude across ground. 94) PS R-5 in flight. 95) PS R-5 and R-6 in flight. 96) PS R-5 and two R-6's in flight. 97) PS R-4 hovering low over ground turning in circle, another helicopter approaches in from bg--R-5 helicopter in bg.98) CS officer and airmen loading stretcher case into R-5 helicopter, stretcher is placed into carrier pod attached to the side of the helicopter. 99) CS take off of the R-5. 100) ASV P-51 in flight--good cumulus formation in bg, plane flies above same. 101) PS B-26 take off--scene repeats several times.102) PS B-29 in flight overhead. 103) PS formation of four P-38's passing overhead, peeling off to left in landing pattern. 104) PS two P-38's diving in towards camera aircraft. 105) PS B-29 in flight overhead, top turret on same being rotated. 106) PS C-69 Constellation passing overhead, wheels down for landing.Reel 4: 1) Head on view formation of six B-17's approach in towards camera, pass overhead. 2) AS formation of four B-17's above clouds. 3) LS formation of fighter aircraft, flights of three, formation of twelve in scene. 4) CU doorway, sign on same, "Commanding General, Army Air Forces". 5) CS General Hap Arnold sitting at desk delivering message. 6) CS newly inducted troops walking into building. 7) MS men still in civilian clothes walking up past window of building getting parachute and other equipment. 8) CS men undergoing physicials.Several quick scenes of physical--men being weighed, measured, taking various types of tests. 9) CS men walking out of building,sign above door, "School of Aviation Medicine". 10) Dolly shot up between row of trainer aircraft at Randolph Field, person standing beside each wing tip at attention. Planes are AT-6's. 11) CS Private First Class standing beside wing tip of stationary AT-6. 12) CS pilot, student and instructor boarding theaircraft. 13) LS group of AT-6's taking off together over scattered area--taking off from grassy field--approximately fifteen aircraft take off together.14) LS RV same aircraft in formation. 15)MS full FV control and administration building at Randolph Field. Sign in front of same on grassy area. 16) LS looking out in same direction at control building and administration building at Randolph showing formation of trainer aircraft approaching in from distant bg--aircraft fly directly over top of the buildings. 17) MS parade formation of troops at Randolph Field. Several angle views of parade ceremonies showing men passing in review. 18) CS pilots receiving instructions from instructor, men holding model of aircraft in hands, instructor explaining flight characteristics of the aircraft.19) CU instructor using two models giving demonstration of formation flying.20) MS men walking out of building at Randolph Field to flight line.21)PS of the group of cadets walking out to the aircraft. 22) ASformation of AT-6's in flight. 23) CS cadets attending classroom session of training. Several repeat scenes of schooling.24) CS demonstration of landing gear retraction.25) CS mechanical phase of training, cadets working on aircraft engine.26) CS mechanics working on engine. 27) CS six bladed prop undergoingtest in test stand. 28) CS test stand showing mechanics checking over engine during prop test. 29) MS head on view, two P-47's take off, pass overhead. 30) MS P-38 stationary, tug tows same out of scene.31) ASV P-51 in flight. 32) PS formation of four P-39's approach in lowacross hillside, fly overhead. 33) PS single P-39 approaches in across same area, does slow roll and passes overhead. 34) PS P-47 in flight, full SV. 35) AS formation of four peel off to left. 36) GSAP film, hit scored upon FW-190, ME-110, ME-109. 37) Excellent shot showing hits upon the aircraft; aircraft exploding. 38) AS night bombing raid, flashes of light from bomb explosion. 39) PS B-17 base, B-17 stationary, B-17 taxiing. 40) PS B-17 take offs. Several repeat scenes of B-17's taxiing and taking off. 41) AS fixed camera showing rear wheel of aircraft as plane goes up runway and takes off. 42) Several angle shots, B-17's taking off on mission, SV. 43) LS and head on shots of the aircraft approaching camera and taking off over same. 44) ADS formation of six B-24's at high altitude. 45) AS formation of three B-17's passing over head. 46) AS B-17's in formation, vapor trails from planes. 47) Fixed camera shot looking out past tail showing vapor trails in sky.48) AS B-17's approaching in overhead, vapor trails follow plane.49) AS formation of B-26's FV. 50) ASV B-26 in flight. 51) PS B-25 passing overhead, low altitude. 52) AS RV B-26 dropping bombs.53) PS B-25 passing overhead. 54)ASV B-25 in flight high altitudeabove clouds. Plane dips right wing and dives down through clouds. 55) LS P-47's laying down smoke screens across flat terrain. 56) AS large formation of B-17's in flight overhead, approximately forty aircraft in formation. 57) PS B-17's in flight, high altitude above clouds. Several views of the B-17's in flight. 58) PS showing fighter escort flying top cover formations of P-47's aircraft. 59) AS taken upon interior aircraft looking up through top turret section showing six B-17's framed through top turret. 60) ASV taken from waist gun position showing B-17's in formation. 61) Several angle views of single B-17 in flight. good (Basic:4 reels,#MPFMT= 35mm, dup neg, sound)
