Summary: Coverage of the development of military and civilian aviation including scenes of helicopters and autogyros, civilian and military aircraft, gliders, air raid drill, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, British pilots training in Canada and US cold weather testing of aeronautical equipment, practice bombing by US aircraft, dedication of new aircraft plant and training of USAAF cadets. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 1, 619': Scenes of Igor Sikorsky who piloted a Vought-Sikorsky, VS-300A, experimental helicopter at Stamford, Connecticut, for a record of one hour and 32 minutes sustained flight, 6 May 1941. 69' Scenes of a Pitcairn PA-36 and a P-40 parked on ramp, firing 250 caliber and 430 caliber machine guns at target, Wright Field, Ohio. 174' BAT. NEW FLYING WING TAKES TRIAL FLIGHT. ANDRE BARUCH. 181' Scenes of Northrop Flying Wing N-306 at Roselin Dry Lake and the Mohave Desert. 243' LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 247' Scenes of Northrop N-306 taking off and in flight. 303' ICE LAB, IT'S 60 DEGREES BELOW AT SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, BY HARRY VON ZELL. 304' Scenes of Douglas Aircraft engineers donning special helmets and cold weather clothing before entering cold chamber to test aircraft equipment. Santa Monica, California. 375' KELLY FIELD, MOVIETONE NEWS. 375' Scenes of AAF cadets getting physical examinations at Kelly Field -- cadets are spun around in chairs for vision tests. 401' Scenes of dedication of Vultee Aircraft plant at Nashville, Tennessee and the Vultee 66 Vanguard pursuit fighter. 437' GALVESTON TEXAS. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 440' Scenes of men of 111th and 154th Observation Squadron and ammunition being prepared for aerial target practice. 459' Shows White House in Washington, D.C. 467' Scenes of air raid drill, B-18A's and P-40D's in flight and anti-aircraft guns firing. 540' MARYLAND. MOVIETONE NEWS. 541' Scenes of machine gunners firing at old style aircraft gasoline tanks and new Army self-fueling gasoline tanks being tested. Baltimore, Maryland. 598' Scenes of air raid drill and aircraft guns firing at B-18's in flight. 614' Shows pilot and copilot aboard B-18 in flight. Reel 2, 1022': PARAMOUNT SOUND NEWS. CHUTE LANDS PLANE. DETROIT. AVIATION. NEWEST SAFETY DEVICE. HUGE PARACHUTE LOWERS DISABLED AIRPlANE 2000 FEET SUCCESSFULLY IN FIRST TEST. 16' Shows container of large 60-foot diameter parachutes being placed aboard biplane. 88' PARAMOUNT SOUND NEWS. GOING DOWN. PILOT DELIBERATELY PUTS PLANE IN DANGEROUS SPIN, THEN PARACHUTE OPENS TO FLOAT PLANE SAFELY TO EARTH. 98' ELS biplane going into spin -- huge parachute opens and biplane descends. 116' BORDER PATROL. A TRIP THROUGH THE CANYONS OF THE RIO GRANDE IN THE TEXAS BIG BEN. FOX MOVIETONE NEWS. 182' MAJ. TINKER, KELLY FIELD, ISSUES ORDERS TO PILOTS LARSON AND CARR AND WE'RE OFF ON THE HAZARDOUS JOURNEY. FOX MOVIETONE NEWS. 200' Maj. Tinker issuing orders to pilots Larson and Carr for Rio Grande Border Patrol. 235' Two-place Curtiss biplane taking off. 246' Series of scenes of Curtiss biplane in air over Rio Grande. 332' UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS. AURORA, ILLLNOIS. ROCKET GLIDER PILOT DROPS FROM BLIMP IN SENSATIONAL FLIGHT. 344' Scenes of pilot Bill Swan being carried aloft in rocket-propelled glider balloon and released for short rocket-powered flight. 504' VOLUME 4. NO. 59. UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. COPYRIGHT 1932 BY UNIVERSAL FILM EXCHANGE INC. 509' PARAMOUNT SOUND NEWS. SKYRAIDERS ATTACKED. SAN ANTONIO. WAR BIRDS IN BATTLE. ARMY AIR FORCE TESTS WAR TACTICS WITH OBSOLETE GROUND FLEET FOR TARGET. 527' Shows Douglas O-2's in flight and bombs exploding around obsolete Curtiss and Douglas biplanes on ground. 579' PARAMOUNT SOUND NEWS. SHARPSHOOTING. SPECTACULAR HITS PROVE DEADLY POWER OF NEW 100-POUND BOMB. 590' Bombs exploding around obsolete Curtiss and Douglas biplanes on ground. 637' MACHINE TEACHER. MACHINE TEACHES AVIATORS HOW. SUCCESSOR TO OLD ORIENTATOR AND JUST AS ROUGH. GIVES ROOKIES AT WRIGHT FIELD, DAYTON, OHIO FIRST POINTER. FOX MOVIETONE NEWS. 655' Scenes of new aircraft simulator for training rookies in operation at Wright Field. 731' HURST METROTONE NEWS. GIANT PARACHUTE SAVES AIRPLANE. PILOT VANCE BREESE BRINGS HIS MACHINE DOWN FROM HEIGHT OF 2,000 FEET, DETROIT, MICHIGAN. 749' LS of biplane descending by 60-foot diameter parachute. 814' UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. TRY OUT MYSTERY PLANE. ALL METAL SHIP MADE FOR FAST MAIL DELIVERY HAS FIRST FLIGHT. 824' Scenes of Boeing all metal low-wing mail plane on ground and in flight. 877' HURST METROTONE NEWS. US AIR BOMBERS DO SOME STRAFING IN WAR TEST. 3RD ATTACK GROUP USES OLD PlANES AS TARGETS AT SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. 895' Douglas O-2's taking off and bombing old Curtiss and Douglas biplanes on ground with 100-pound bombs. Reel 3, 882': Scenes of B-17C's practice bombing ground and water targets. 35' Canadian RCAF flyers in Harvard trainers at Camp Borden, Ontario and Avro Ansons in mock air attack -- scenes of Canadian pilots taking off and intercept. 124' BOMB DAMAGE HIGH. DEVASTATING. DON'T ATTACK. ANOTHER HORRIBlE EXAMPLE OF AXIS TREACHERY. 125' Scenes of Japanese planes in air and burning homes on ground during Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941. Also shows scenes of broken water mains, Red cross litter patient, bullet-riddled automobile, wreckage at Hickam Field and Japanese two-man submarine in surf on beach at Oahu. 496' RKO PATHE NEWS. WINDBAG. AIR CORPS STUDIES CAPTIVE BALLOON. JAMES CLEMENGER. 501' Motor-propelled blimp at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina -- scenes of motor being removed from gondola and transformation at captive balloon. Also shows balloons at Ft. Lewis, Washington. 652' RKO PATHE NEWS. PLANE TRAP. BARRAGE BALLOONS IN FIRST ARMY TEST. BY HARRY VON ZELL. 653' Scene of Goodyear barrage balloons being tested at Wingfoot Lake, Ohio. 755' Army engineers at McGill Field, Florida practicing camouflage on a BC-1A. 809' RKO PATHE NEWS. COVERUP. US ARMY PERFECTS ART OF CAMOUFLAGE. JAMES CLEMENGER. 810' Camouflage practice at McGiil Field; haystack and shed camouflaged for packmules and antiaircraft guns at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. Reel 4, 985': Wreckage of B-18A at Findlay, California -- aircraft was one of three making cross-country flight to Savannah, Georgia. 81' Cadets receiving their wings at Advanced Flying School. 126' Gen. John J. Pershing (ret.) at Randolph Field watching USAAF cadets parade -- BT-14's and BT-9's in flight. 191' RANDOLPH FIELD, TEXAS. 192' Scenes of BT-9's on ramp and in flight, USAAF cadets marching and in classes at Randolph Field, Texas. 333' RAF STUDENT PILOTS COME TO AMERICA FOR AIR TRAINING. LOWELL THOMAS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 334' RAF pilots training at Galveston, Texas. 392' LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 393' RAF cadets training at War Eagle Field and receiving their diplomas. 466' Ryan YO-51 Dragonf1y observation plane in aerial demonstration. 571' SKY TESTS. US TRIES NEW FIGHTING PLANES. ANDRE BARUCH. 579' Shows Ryan YO-51 being tested at San Diego. 641' Shows wind machine in operation for tethered glider pilot training. 670' JOLIET, ILLINOIS. 671' Scenes of wind machine making artificial wind and pilots receiving glider training in tethered gliders. 724' SOARING. ARMY PILOTS STUDY GLIDING TECHNIQUE. ANDRE BARUCH. 731' Glider training at Lockport, Illinois. 801' JOLIET, ILLINOIS. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 805' Wind machine in operation for tethered glider training. 812' US ARMY GOES IN FOR GLIDERS. ROGER LIONS. ELMIRA, MEW YORK, PARAM0UNT NEWS. 813' Scenes of gliders in flight, Maj. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Chief of USAAF, landing a glider and glider taking off with camera equipment for aerial photography. Good (Basic: Mas pos)
