Summary: An official overall report by Gen H.H. Arnold, C.G., Army Air Forces, on World War II, showing allies and enemy in action on all fronts, and showing also home front activity. USAAF Report. 1) INT. CS General H.H. Arnold speaking. 2) CS college football game. 3) CU airman in training. 4) INT. factory with men working. 5) CS James Stewart in Air Force uniform. 6) CU chinest measuring a part. 7) INT. mechanic working on an automobile. 8) INT. CU General Arnold. 9) CU crashed airplane burning. 10) MS Several planes burning at Pearl Harbor Airfield, December 7, 1941. 11) US formation of German and Japanese aircraft. 12) MS F-40s s taxiing. 13) INT. B-17s on assembly line. 14) Several shots of workmen, men and women working on engines and aircraft fuselages. 15) INT. Douglas plant showing B-26s being assembled. 16) CS workmen inserting machine guns into wing. 17) CS an aviation Cadet. 18) MS group of Aviation cadets on flight line. 19) CS civilians being sworn in. 20) Animation of groups going through air and ground training. 21) AS AT-6s in flight. 22) MS women, WASPs at an airfield getting into AT-6s. 23) MS woman in a cockpit of a C-47. 24) AS two women in cockpit of a plane towing a gunnery target. 25) MS WAC's in Control hangar. 26) MS WACs fueling aircraft. 27) Animation. 28) MS air crew getting into B-17. 29) AS AT-11s in flight, dropping bombs. 30) DS targets on ground, P-39 in flight strafing target in water. 31) INT. shot an officer briefing crews. 32) MS B-26 flying low over ground. 33) MS pilot looking through gunsight at target. 34) AS A-20 in flight. 35) Full coverage of A-20 skip. 36) Animation Combat crew in B-17s. 37) Animation showing work area, Air Service Command. 38) INT. of aircraft engines in repair shop. 39) INT. of stock room. 40) MS large storage area and steel drums of gasoline. 41) AS B-17 in flight, No. 1 engine feathered. 42) ADS shadow B-17 flying over ground. 43) MS B-17 landing. 44) CS damaged B-17. 45) CS B-17 crash landed, crews working on plane to get it in flyable condition. 46) CS bulldozers working to make runway. 47) CS pilot in cockpit of B-17 that had been damaged in field. 48) B-17 take off. 49) Animation -- Air Service Command. 50) Animation of Bomber Command and Fighter Command. 51) CU Air Forces Insignia. 52) Animation of the world showing location ation of the various Air Forces. 53) US formation of 12 C-47s. 54) CS Aircraft Dispatcher's board in operations Building. 55) CS Combat Crew getting out of jeep and into airplane. 56) CS Combat Crew near B-24 at Aloha, Air Transport Command, Honolulu, Hawaii. 57) ADS mountainous area. 58) AS formation of C-47s. 59) AS interior aircraft showing pilot. 60) ADS mountains. 61) CS Lockheed Lode Star or C-56 parking beside runway. 62) CS jeeps being loaded into C-47, also an elephant. 63) C-47 taxiing. 64) Int operating room. 65) ADS 3 C-47s flying over water. 66) MS C-47 taxiing. 67) CS natives taking equipment off a C-47. 68) CS American troops in combat. 69) US B-24 in flight. 70) Map of the world. 71) Animation of the location of the US Air Forces. 72) AS formation of B-17s in flight. 73) Animation showing expansion of Japanese holdings in the Pacific. 74) Animation showing location of 5th Air Froce. 75) MS mechanics working on engines of early model B-17s of the 5th Air Force. 76) ADS Japanese Convoy. 77) MS action at sea by US Navy. 78) AS B-17 in flight dropping bombs, getting close hits to vessel in water. 79) ACS B-24 in flight. 80) ADS Japanese Convoy. 81) CS pilot getting out of truck into P-38s. 82) Several shots of pilots getting into P-38s, engines starting. 83) B-25 engines starting. 84) AS B-17 in flight. 85) AS formation of British Beauforts. 86) AS interior aircraft showing Australian pilots at controlls. 87) ADS to Japanese Convoy. 88) ADS British Beauforts. 89) AS interior nose of aircrat on a low level attack on Japanese shipping. Several shots. 90) AS interior aircraft, gunners strafing ships. 91) AS direct hit on a Japanese vessel. 92) Very good coverage of bombing Japanese shipping. 93) ADS large Japanese ships on fire. 94) Several shots of Japanese ships on fire. 95) Animation showing limit of Japanese defenses. 96) CS US troops getting into C-47. 97) AS formation of C-47s. 98) AS interior C-47, troops inside same. 99) CS C-47 landing. 100) CS troops getting out of C-47 and running for cover. 101) CS Australian troops getting equipment moving armament; wounded being placed aboard C-47. 102) CS C-56 buzzing field. 103) CS American troops making a runway. 104) MS P-38 taking off. 105) MS P-38 buzzing airstrip. 106) ADS shutter of a B-25. 107) AS bomb exploding on Japanese targets. Very good coverage of close bomb hits. 108) ASs B-25s bombing shipping. 109) AS B-25 in flight, strafing Japanese planes on ground. 110) ADS B-25 in flight. 111) AS of parafrag bombs being dropped by B-25s and landing in jungle. 112) CS shells exploding. 113) AS B-24s in formation. 114) ADS at Wewak Island -- B-17s in flight. 115) AS P-38s in flight. 116) Animation showing location of 13th Air Force on New Caledonia. 117) CS main gate at Hickam Field. 118) Int control tower at Hickam Field -- aircraft on runway. 119) Night shot of B-17 taking off at Hickam Field, landing lights of aircraft, are on. 120) Animation. 121) CS jeeps along a jungle highway; sign on a tree "Ohare Field". 122) CS gun crew cleaning machine guns. 123) CS B-25. 124) CU 75mm cannon in nose of B-25 being cleaned by ground crew. 125) MS B-25 taking off on a Coral airstrip. 126) AS B-25s in formation. 127) Animation. 128) CU cannon on B-25 firing. 129) Int men loading cannon in B-25s. 130) CS B-25s in flight firing cannons, strafing Japanese airfields. 131) Animation of the Aleution Islands, and the location of the 11th Air Force. 132) Animation showing location of the 6th Air Force in the Canal Zone. 133) Animation showing location of the 8th Air Force in England. 134) AS German Industries. 135) Many shots of interior of Armament works, steel works and German factories. 136) Very good coverage of the German factories making shells, crankshafts and other war material. 137) AS Aerial single B-17 in flight. 138) CU bombadier in nose of B-17 leaning over sight, aiming at target, dropping bombs. 139) CU German anti-aircraft gunners. 140) Int British air crews in planes, dropping bombs. Mock ups of bombs exploding on a German target. 141) CS fire in a German city. 142) CU German searcn light crew at work. 143) ADS bombs exploding in German cities. 144) CS German troops and civilians walking through streets, cleaning up rubble. 145) CS German civilians and troops in a chow line. 146) CS German troops and civilians cleaning up cities, repairing marshalling yards and the buildings. 147) ADS bombs leaving ship. 148) Animation of various targets in Germany: Wilhelmshaven, Huls, Hamburg, and Schweinfurt, and the various products made there; also Marionburg where aircraft are made. 149) Int aircrews leaving briefing room. 150) CS air crew on a jeep being taken to B-17. 151) CS B-17 engines starting and taxiing. 152) MS B-17s taxiing. 153) CS Pilot waving to ground crew and ground crew waving back. 154) MS B-17 taking off R to L. 155) MS B-24 taking off R to L. 156) MLS B-17 taking off. 157) MS formation of B-17s. 158) MS P-47s taxiing. 159) CS airmen firing gun. 160) MS P-47s and F-38s taking off. 161) AS formation or B-17s with P-38s overhead escorting. 162) Shots of P-47s escorting B-17s. 163) Int German air raid alert room as word comes of an American raid. 164) CS German anti-aircraft gunners in action. 165) AS formation of B-17s as flak bursts around them. 166) CS German anti-aircraft gunners and pilots running to figter planes. Crew chief helping pilot into parachute, pilot gets into plane, mechanic winds up plane, starts it as enemy ME-109s take off L to R. 167) MS FW-190s and ME-109s buzzing airfield. 168) AS formation of B-17s escorted by P-47s and P-38s. 169) Aeria1 GSAP German fighter being shot down. 170) AS P-38s and P-47s peeling off to meet a German fighter plane. 171) Several good GSAP scenes of German aircraft exploding and catching fire in air. 172) Aerial formations of B-17s. Very good vapor trails. 173) LS large formation of B-17s leaving vapor trails. 174) MCS Aerial formation of B-17s. 175) AUS ball turret gunner and guns operating in B-17. 176) AS interior aircraft showing gunners. 177) AS B-17s flying through flak. 178) CS feathered prop on B-17. 179) AUS formation of B-17s. 180) AS B-17 with tail shot away, still flying. 181) GSAP German planes attacking B-17s. 182) AS German attacks on B-17 formations (excellent). 183) AS B-17 on fire spinning towards the ground. 184) AS large formation of B-17s. 185) AS B-17 formations flying through flak. 186) Int CS navigator at work. 187) Int CS bombadier over a bombsight. 188) AS bombs leaving B-l7s. 189) Several shots of bombs away. 190) Animation showing location of 8th Air Force. 191) Animation showing location of 12th Air Force in North Africa. 192) LS P-40 buzzing the area on the ground. 193) GSAP German troops and equipment getting strafed. 194) AS F-51 in flight, peeling off and diving towards ground. 195) CS German planes on the ground. 196) CS German transport planes taking off. 197) Int German troops in plane. 198) AS German transports in flight. 199) MS American fighter planes taking off. 200) GS German transport being shot down. 201) Animation showing location of the 9th Air Force in N. Africa. 202) CS amphibious landings and infantry troops on the Coast of Italy. 203) MS P-40s in flight strafing German troops. 204) CS American troops firing a mortar. 205) CS American troops in combat. 206) Shot of American A-24 flying low over water. 207) CS American troops digging foxholes. 208) CS American tanks coming off landing craft. 209) MS American troops going through a barbed wire entanglement. 210) ADS B-26 in flight. 211) ADS bombs falling. 212) LS across the bay of bombs exploding. 213) AS A-20s in flight. 214) GSAP strafing of German railroads. 215) Animation shows reshuffling of Air Forces: the 12th in Itlay, the 9th in England, and the 15th in Africa. 216) Animation showing the location of the 10th and 14th Air Forces in India and China. 217) CS Japanese troops marching. 218) CS Japanese planes taxiing and taking off. 219) CS Japanese troops waving as planes take off. 220) AUS Japanese planes in flight. 221) AS past pilot as Japanese planes strafe trucks on highway. 222) CS American pilots assigned to the Flying Tigers beside P-40s. 223) CS General Chennault looking at map laid on a Jeep. 224) AS Japanese planes in flight over clouds. 225) CS Flying Tigers coming out of a tree and running to P-40s. 226) CS P-40s taxiing with American pilots flying them; P-40s taking off R to L. 227) LUS P-40s in flight.2?8) AUS eight P-40 in formation. 229) Int Japanese gunners cleaning guns while on mission. 230) AS formation of P-40s. 231) GSAP Japanese planes being shot down. Very good shot. 232) AS Japanese planes spinning towards ground hitting ground and exploding. 233) CU destroyed Japanese plane. 234) CU Lt Art T. Smith in cockpit of P-40. 235) CS side of pilot H. Holders' plane showing 10 Japanese flags on plane. 236) Animation showing location of old Burma road from Rangoon, Indo China. 237) MS American convoy at sea. 238) CS cargo unloaded at harbor in India and transferred to river barges. 239) MS small Chinese barges on the Rour. 240) MS small Chinese train loaded with supplies. 241) CS cargo being transferred from American standard gage train to small gage train. 242) CS Chinese civilians loading equipment on trucks. 243) Animation showing the way supplies are to be taken into China. 244) AS B-24 in flight over the mountains from India to China. 245) ADS mountainous area over the Hump. 246) Several shots of mountainous area. 247) AS B-24 in flight L to R. 248) ADS mountainous area over the Hump. 249) MLS B-24 landing L to R, P-40s stationary on field beside runway. 250) Int combat crew briefing. 251) CS crew getting into B-24. 252) AS formation of B-24s over enemy territory. 253) ADS Japanese target. 254) AS taken from inside bomb bays shows bombs dropping. 255) Animation. 256) CS Chinese cadets Air training in United States. 257) CS Chinese cadet getting into plane. 258) CS Chinese cadet working on an engine. 259) MS Chinese civilian building an airfield. 260) Animation. 261) CS Bombardier getting out of nose of B-17. 262) CS pilots talking beside B-17. 263) Animation of a number of sorties and tons of bomb drops over enemy target. 264) Aerial formation of B-17, P-39s, B-24s, P-38s. 265) CU Adolph Hitler. 266) CU Premier of Japan. 267) Int factory, American workmen inside same making war material. 268) MS United states firing Squad firing over a grave. 269) CS airplane burning and a crew member lying face down in the grass. 270) CU of the mans hand showing a crash bracelet. 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