Summary: Coverage of the US Army Air Corps during 1941. Shows aerial maneuvers, construction of aircraft in factories, launching of naval vessels, testing of equipment, civil defense drills, Army ground maneuvers in Louisiana, testing of new aircraft, USAAF, RCAF and RAF cadets in training, glider and parachute training, German airborne invasion of Norway, Argentine Independence Day, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, sports and recreation, Lend-Lease to Britain and troops in the Philippines (Photo'd by Universal, Movietone, RKO Pathe and Paramount). rEEL 1: 14': UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 22': Donald Douglas, Edsel Ford and Charles E. Sorensan examining A-20A in Santa Monica plant. 61': UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. MIAMI, FLORIDA. 65': Scenes of Duke of Windsor at All American Air Maneuvers speaking into microphone of radio station WQAM; Grumman F4F-3s, Piper Cub J-3s and an old tri-motor Ford with Harold Johnson at the controls, stunting; Uruguayan Waco Model D on ground and Thomas Boyd, the Bat Man, descending with wings and parachute. 151': NATIONAL DEFENSE. MOVIETONE NEWS. PREPARED BY JACK HANEY AND DESCRIBED BY LOWELL THOMAS. 159': Mechanics changing engine of B-14 at Randolph Field, Texas. 238' DEFENSE HEADLINES. NEWS OF THE DAY. 243': Shows US Army parachutists training on scaffold at Ft. Benning, Georgia, boarding C-47s, aircraft taking off and practice jumps at 19,000 feet. 343': SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA. UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 347': Scenes of workers at Douglas Aircraft factory assembling aircraft. 385': INDIANAPOLIS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 391': Allison liquid-cooled motors being fabricated and tested at Indianapolis plant'. 447': PARAMOUNT NEWS. AIR DEFENSE. BY GILBERT MARTYN. OVERHERE. 457': Searchlights and sirens at night. 466': B-18s at Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York and B-18s taking off. 504': Scenes or New York City air alert -- shows skywatchers at posts, switchboard operators, controllers in air control center, pilots scrambling for P-40Cs and B-18s over New York. 609': NATIONAL DEFENSE. PREPARED BY JACK HANEY AND DESCRIBED BY LOWELL THOMAS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 617': Flying cadets learning navigation from Pan American Airways civilian instructors at Miami, Florida. Cadets board Consolidated flying boat to study compass. 715': DEFENSE HEADLINES. NEWS OF THE DAY. 722': Shows Pitcairn PA-36 autogyro being tested at Washington D.C. 795': Aerial stunting of Pitcairn PA-36. 843': NEWS OF THE DAY. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. 846': Aircraft workers and famies at Boeing plant in Seattle, Washington, inspecting B-17Ds and 7th Bomb Group B-17Ds in flight over Mt. Rainier. 913': AMERICAN AIR VIEW. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 916': Boeing Aircraft plant open house -- shows aircraft flying over Mt, Rainier. 982': UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. SEATTLE, WASHINGT0N. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 985': Scenes of six B-17Ds over Mt, Rainier. 1037': Total footage in reel. Reel 2: US ARMY AIR FORCE NEWSREEL. 1941. MARYLAND. MOVIETONE NEWS. 22': Scenes of Martin bombers in production at Middle River, Maryland, special tempering of aircraft parts in sodium nitrate bath at 900 degrees and eight B-26s being prepared for shipment abroad. 104': SPEED LEND-LEASE IN ACTION. PARAMOUNT NEWS. GREGORY ABOTT. 113': President Roosevelt signing Lend-Lease Act in the White House -- he later signs bill approving first transfer of war material. 138': LONDON. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 140': Ambassador John D, Winant greeting King George of England. 152': Shows four old destroyers entering British Harbor as part of Lend-Lease plan and Navy Department Munitions Building in Washington D.C. 182': BUFFALO, NEW YORK. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 184': Shows P-40Cs in production in Curtiss plant and Omaha Class US Cruiser coming down the way. 232': B-17Ds taking off and PT boats at sea. 264': RANDOLPH FIELD. MOVIETONE NEWS. 271': AF cadets marching at Randolph Field, Texas with Gen. John J. Pershing (ret.) and former Vice President C.G. Dawes looking on -- pilots march in formation with BT-14s in flight overhead. 329': PARAMOUNT NEWS. BALLOON BARRAGE USA. BY JOSEPH BOLEY. 336': Barrage balloons being inflated and sent aloft at Ft. Lewis, Washington. 381': PARAMOUNT NEWS. FIRST PICTURES PARACHUTIST US ARMY. GILBERT MARTYN. 392': Shows 501st Parachute Battalion boarding C-47 and jumping at Ft. Benning, Georgia. 436': NORWAY. 1940. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 440': Scenes of German parachutists descending on Norway from Junkers 52 aircraft, (April 1940 invasion). 464': US. 1941. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 469': C-47s taking off and dropping heavy equipment and parachutists as Curtiss A-12S lay smoke screens below -- troops land and advance through smoke. 623': PLASTIC PLANE TESTED. MOVIETONE NEWS. Shows plastic plane being christened at Bendix Airport, New Jersey and Mrs Ollie Clark riding in plastic and plywood zodiac aircraft. 668': STEARMAN PLANT TURNS OVER 1,000 PLANES TO ARMY. PHOTOGRAPHED BY JACK BARNETT, DESCRIBED BY LOWELL THOMAS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 678': Shows Maj. Harris, US Army Air Corps, accepting delivery of 1,000 PT-17 bip1anes from J.E. Schaefer in Stearman plant at Wichita, Kansas -- shows major boarding aircraft which takes off. 762': CIVILIAN SPOTTERS HELP REPEL ENEMY AIR ATTACK ON NEW YORK CITY. PREPARED BY JACK HANEY, DESCRIBED BY LOWELL THOMAS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 773': Shows air raid drill in New York City, spotters on roof, control center, P-40Cs taking off, B-18As in air and antiaircraft artillery and machine gans firing. 893': TEXAS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 895': Shows men working in Army airport depot repair shop at Duncan Field, Texas. 927': FORD PLANT, DEARBORN, MICHIGAN. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 933': Shows Henry and Edsel Ford inspecting B-24 Liberator, 960': SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 963': Canadian Air Marshal Bishop, head of recruiting for the Canadian AF, visits Consolidated plant at San Diego, California. 1002': CALIFORNIA. MOVIET0NE NEWS. 1010': Scenes of Curtiss P-40Cs in formation over Mt. Shasta. 1064': Total footage in reel. Reel 9: US ARMY AIR FORCE NEWSREEL. 1941. 22': MOVIETONE NEWS. NATIONAL DEFENSE. SUPERVISED BY EDMUND REEK AND DESCRIBED BY LOWELL THOMAS. 28': Scenes of formation of O-47Bs over Galveston, Texas, with one aircraft towing a sleeve target and the others peeling off and shooting at target in aerial gunnery training. 101': NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 105': Wendell Wilkie speaking at dedication of aircraft plant at Nashville, Tennessee, where Vultee 66 Vanguard aircraft are produced. 146': RKO PATHE NEWS. HIGH JUMP GIANT TOWER BUILT TO TRAIN CHUTISTS. ANDRE BARUCH. 153': Scenes of men working on jump tower at Ft. Benning, Georgia and parachutists junping from tower during training. 215': DEFENSE HEADLINES. NEWS OF THE DAY. BURBANK, CALIFORNIA. 218': Hudson bombers (A-29) being produced at Lockheed Aircraft Plant and a Hudson bomber taking off. 251': US Army Air Force P-38 taking off and in flight. 317': POWER PLUS. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 321': Pilot dons helmet and oxygen mask, boards P-38 and takes off. 391': STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT. HE SITS ON THE AIR. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 397': Shows Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter in flight. 426': Shows early helicopters, ornithopters and Igor Sikorsky piloting VS-300 in May 1941, setting new world record of one hour and twenty minutes for suspension flight. 571': MOVIETONE NEWS. AVIATION. FLYING FORTRESSES SOAR BY IN GRANDEUR OF WESTERN SKY. LOWELL THOMAS. 581': Scenes of six B-17Ds in flight to left over California. 642': WRIGHT FIELD, OHIO. NEWS OF THE DAY. 644': Scenes of Curtiss P-40C on ramp firing six machine guns at ground target. 690': RKO PATHE NEWS. PHOTO FINISH. ARMY TRIES NEW FIELD PHOTO UNIT. ANDRE BARUCH. 697': Scenes of portable film laboratory beside C-45A, B-26 dropping prints by parachute, prints being developed in mobile laboratory and teken to commanding officer by jeep. 756': NEWS OF THE DAY. CALIFORNIA. 757': Shows world's biggest bomber, Douglas B-19, in Douglas plant. 796': UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. NEW YORK, N.Y. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 799': Shows Curtiss CW-20Bs taking off and in flight. 853': FIRST PILOT TRAINING SCHOOL IN ARIZONA GRADUATES CADETS. DESCRIBED BY LOWELL THOMAS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 863': Scenes of air cadets who were taught by Southwest Airways under private contract with the US Army, getting diplomas at Southwest Airways Thunderbird Field. Stearman PT-17s taxi out from flight line. 923': 21 GIANTS. FLYING FORTRESSES HOP TO HONOLULU. 930': Scenes of B-17Ds, at Nichols Field, Hawaii, on flight line after arrival from US. 974': NATIONAL DEFENSE. US ARMY SPEEDS PARACHUTE TROOP TRAINING PROGRAM. MOVIETONE NEWS. EARL ALLVINE AND LOWELL THOMAS. 958': Scenes of parachute troops jumping from tower at Ft. Benning Georgia. 1067': Total footage in reel. Reel 4: US ARMY AIR FORCE NEWSRELS. 1941. 23': AVIATION. MOVIETONE NEWS. PREPARED BY DE TITTA. DESCRIBED BY LOWELL THOMAS. WORLD'S BIGGEST BOMBER. 26': Scenes of B-19 taxiing at Santa Monica, California. 107': UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. DALLAS TEXAS. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 111': Scenes of RAF cadets training in Stearman PT-17s at Dallas. 187': US AIR DEFENSE. MOVIETONE NEWS. PREPARED BY JACK HANEY. DESCRIED BY LOWELL THOMAS. 196': Shows wind machines at Lockport, Illinois. These wind machines are used to manufacture artificial wind which keeps tethered gliders in the air for pilot training aboard glider. 272': DEFENSE PROGRESS. BUSY DAYS AT WEST POINT OF THE AIR. NEWS OF THE DAY. 280': Scenes of cadets arriving at Randolph Field, Texas, training in hooded Link trainers and BT-14 taxiing and in flight. 421': NATIONAL DEFENSE. NIAGRA FALLS, NEW YORK. UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. 433': Scenes of conveyor system in use at Bell Aircraft plant, Niagara Falls, and Bell P-39 Airacobra taking off and in flight. 501': NATIONAL DEFENSE. JACK HANEY AND LOWELL THOMAS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 511': Scenes of mechanical assembly line at Vultee Plant, Downey, California. 578': AVIATION. THE B-19 LARGEST BOMBER EVER BUILT MAKES FIRST FLIGHT. 581': Maj. Stanley Olmstead, Commander of B-19 crew, boards aircraft at Santa Monica, California for test flight. 729': BALLOON BARRAGE USA. PARAMOUNT NEWS. DESCRIBED BY GILBERT MARTYN. 736': Shows barrage balloons being tested at Wingfoot Lake, Ohio. 789': BUFFALO, NEW YORK, UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 794': Scenes of P-40C taking off and breaking speed record with 661 MPH dive. 858': DEFENSE AIRLINES. US AIR CHIEF STUDIES GLIDERS. NEWS OF THE DAY. 864': Scenes of Maj. Gen. H.H. Arnold boarding glider and taking off at the National Glider Meet at Elmira, New York and gliders in air, soaring and landing. 933': FOREIGN ITEM. PARAMOUNT NEWS. GILBERT MARTYN. 941': Scenes of Maj. Gen. Frank Andrews, special representative from President Roosevelt, arriving at Buenos Aires, Argentina in B-17D; Argentine Army and Navy personnel marching at Argentine Independence Day celebration and Vice President Castillo presiding at ceremony. 1028': Total footage in reel. Reel 9: US ARMY AIR FORCES NEWS REEL. 1941. 23': MAXWELL FIELD, ALABAMA. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 27': Scenes of cadets graduating and receiving diplomas -- AT-6As parked in bg. 57': AIR DEFENSE. US AARMY FLIERS SHOW ACCURACY AND TARGET FIRING. JACK HANEY AND LOWELL THOMAS. 68': Scenes of Bell P-39 Airacobra loading ammunition at Camp Steel, Michigan, fliers board aircraft, take off, swoop down and strafe ground target. 200': SEATTLE, WASHNGTON. UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 203': Scenes of open house at Boeing Aircraft plant Seattle, Washington, and workers with their families inspecting B-17D. 237': RKO PATHE NEWS. PAYOFF. OFFICERS AND MEN DIG DEEP TO FLY HIGH. 244': Scenes of Maj. Gen. George Patton, Commander 2nd Armored Division at Ft. Benning, Georgia and 66 other officers and enlisted men signing up for private flying school in Columbus, Ohio -- they board Fairchild and Cadet monoplanes and take off. 326': CAMP BORDEN, ONTARIO. UNIVERSAL NEWSRSEL. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 330': Scenes of US fliers in the Royal Canadian AF getting paid and boarding North American Harvard-IIs and taking off. 374': NATIONAL DEFENSE. EDMOND REEK. LOWELL THOMAS. MOVIETONE NEWS. BUFFALO, NEW YORK 2000TH CURTISS P-40 COMES OFF ASSEMBLY LINE. 408': Scenes of OPM Director Knudsen and Assistant Secretary of War, Robert Patterson inspecting the 2000th P-40C as it comes off assembly line at Curtiss plant, Buffalo, New York. 432': AVIATION. MOVIETONE NEWS. HARRY GRENAS AND LOWELL THOMAS. 440': Scenes of New Zealand military units in training, De Havilland Tiger Moth and Air Speed Oxfords taking off and in flight over the New Zealand Alps. 517': LAKELAND, FLORIDA. UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 521': Governor Spessard Holland of Florida gives diploma to the first British fliers who completed their training at Lakeland, Florida. 559': SPORTS. BILL SLATER. 570': Lt. Raymond Morse and other pilots playing football while in training at Moffett Field, California. 650': AVIATION. DAREDEVIL PILOTS KEEP THEM FLIING AT AIR OLYMPICS. MOVIETONE NEWS. JACK BARNETT AND LOWELL THOMAS. 660': National Air Olympics Dayton, Ohio -- shows LS biplanes stunting and Piper J-3 Cub landing on top of auto. 761': PARAMOUNT NEWS PHILIPPINE DEFENDERS, AN EYE WITNESS REPORT. ARTHUR MINKEN. 770': Scenes of mechanics and pilots sleeping in hangar at Clark Field, Philippines, P-26s and B-10s on field, taking off and in flight, Maj. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, water buffalo and Philippine troops doing river fording exercises. 981': Total footage in reel. ree1 6: US ARMY AIR FORCES NEWSREEL. 1941. 22': UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 26': Scenes of rodeo at Brooks Field, Texas. 125': MOVIETONE NEWS. FERRYING BOMBERS TO BRITAIN. JACK HANEY AND LOWELL THOMAS. 130': US Ferry Command flies American planes to Canada, Col. Robert Olds, Chief of Air Corps Ferrying Command. Shows Lockheed Hudsons taking off and in flight to Canada and RAF Ferry Command taking off for England. 188': THE RAF FERRYING COMMAND TAKES OFF FOR ENGLAND. MOVIETONE NEWS. 193': B-24s taking off for Britain. 239': NEW FLYING FORTRESSES GET FIRST ARMY TEST. MOVIETONE NEWS. 248': Shows test flight of B-17E. 259': SHIPS FOR THE SEA AND SHIPS FOR THE AIR. PARAMOUNT NEWS. GILBERT MARTYN. 269': Scenes of cruiser, ATLANTA, underway at Kearney, New Jersey, after being christened by author, Margaret Mitchell. 315': Scenes of cruiser SAN JUAN being launched at Quincey, Massachusetts and underway. 355': SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. NEWS OF THE DAY. 359': B-17E in flight. 397': CAMP DAVIS, NORTH CAROLINA. NEWS OF THE DAY. 400': Shows barrage balloon being inflated and raised. 454': DEFENSE HEADLINES. ARMY BEGINS BIGGEST WAR GAME TO TEST BATTLE TACTICS. NEWS OF THE DAY. 460': Scenes of Army war games in Louisania, 1st Armored Division tanks advancing and A-20As in flight overhead. 535': NATIONAL DENENSE. MOVIETONE NEWS. EDMOND REED AND LOWELL THOMAS. 543': Scenes of Gen. George C. Marshall observing red and blue Armies during war games, stream crossing, artillery firing, mock tank battle in woods and infantry under cover of smoke screen. 642': ACTION FLASHES FROM DIXIE WAR FRONT. NEWS OF THE DAY. 648': Scenes of A-24s and A-20As dive bombing simulated invading forces, troops crossing pontoon bridge, Red army tanks advancing through screen and artillery fire. 778': UNCLE SAM'S OWN BLITZ. NEWS OF THE DAY. SOUTH CAROLINA. 787': Scenes of 1st Army antitank and antiaircraft batteries, motorcycles, combat cars, and cavalry advancing, assault boats crossing river, pontoon bridge across river and simulated dive bombing. 951': EAST COAST DEFENSES IN REAL TRYOUT. PARAMOUNT NEWS. GREGORY ABBOTT. 959': Scenes of simulated air raid drill at New York City showing air spotting room, ELS of aircraft, telephone switchboard and P-40s taking off. 971': Scenes of simulated raid at Ft. Tilden by amphibious troops from the Black army. 1070': Total footage in reel. Reel 7: US ARMY AIR FORCES NEWSREELS. 1941. 11': AVIATION. MOVIETONE NEWS. JACK HANEY AND LOWELL THOMAS. 22': Scenes of stratosphere cold box at Douglas Plant, Santa Monica, showing two men in high altitude suits entering special pressure chamber to test effect of high altitude and temperature on men and equipment. 84': MASS DELIVERY OF PLANES. 910': Navy SNC-1 trainers on raMP taxiing and taking off. 118': LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 122': Scenes of New Douglas blackout airplane factory being dedicated, A-20As lined up in front of factory and B-19 flying by. 169': WORLD EVENTS. EDMOND REEK AND LOWELL THOMAS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 177': Scenes of Arthur Starnes making delayed parachute jump from six miles up -- he takes off in C-45A, drops for five miles in Army experiment and is greeted by wife and son. 271': LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA. NEWS OF THE DAY. 274': Scenes of RAF pilots and graduation exercises at War Eagle Field, Lancaster, California -- AT-6A taking off. 329': SKYKING. PARAMOUNT NEWS. GILBERT MARTYN. 339': Scenes of B-19 and C-47 on ramp, Lt. Col. Olmstead boarding B-19 and taking off for flight test and crew aboard aircraft as it flies over Los Angeles accompanied by P-40C. 609': AIRPORT WHILE YOU WAIT. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 614': Scenes of diesel powered bulldozer leveling off sandy field, metal grill work placed for landing strip at Marston Strip, North Carolina and C-47D landing. 655': AIR DEFENSE IN HAWAII. LOWELL THOMAS. MOVIE TONE NEWS. 662': Scenes of 18 P-40Cs in flight over Hawaii, peeling off and diving. 740': DETROIT MICHIGAN. UNIVERSAL NEWSSSEL. KEEP 'EM FLYING IS HOLLYWOOD'S SOLUTION TO US AIR FORCES. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 749': Scenes of AF cadets being sworn in at city hall and Bud Abbott, Lou Costello and Carol Bruce at premier of comedy, KEEP THEM FLYING. 813': PARACHUTE TROOPS TRAIN. MOVIETONE NEWS. 820': Scenes of 503rd Battalion paratroops going through obstacle course at Ft.Benning, Georgia. 870': BUILDUP ARMY AIR CADETS IN MASS CALISTHENICS. ANDRE BARUCH. PATHE NEWS. 879': Army air cadets doing calisthenics at Randolph Field, Texas. 943': LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. NEWS OF THE DAY. 947': Scenes of Liberators, Harvard-IIs, Bostons (British A-20s), Lockheed P-38s and B-17E taking off for England piloted by the US Army Air Corps Ferry Command. 1013' Total footage in reel. Reel 8: US ARMY AIR FORCES NEWSREEL. 1941. 22': AVIATION. MOVIETONE NEWS. JACK HANEY AND LOWELL THOMAS. ARMY FLIERS PAY TRIBUTE TO FIRST MILITARY PILOT. 25': Retirement ceremonies for Maj. Gen. Frank P. Lahm, first military pilot at Randolph Field, Texas. He was taught to fly by the Wright Brothers, organized the Army Air Corp in 1917 and was first balloon pilot. 82': MAXTON, NORTH CAROLINA. NEWS OF THE DAY. 85': Paratroops bailing out of C-47, descending, striking ground, C-47s landing and crew debarking on air strip. 166': NEW PLANE PLANT OPENS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 169': New Curtiss-Wright factory being opened at Columbus, Ohio, for production of Navy Helldiver bombers. 209': ARMY TESTS FLYING WINGS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 214': Northrop Flying Wing being tested over the Mojave Desert (N-1M) (Taking off & AVs). 251': MITCHEL FIELD, LONG ISLAND. UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 255': Eighty-seven flying cadets receive commissions as second lieutenants in the AF at Mitchel Field. 287': FIRST PICTURES OF JAPANESE ATTACK ON HAWAII. EDMOND REEK AND LOWELL THOMAS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 298': Scenes of damage caused in Waikiki residential area caused by Japanese attack, automobiles and houses hit by shrapnel and bullets, Japanese planes in sky, broken water main and Japanese midget suicide submarine. 475': MITCHEL FIELD, LONG ISLAND. UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 479': Shows 27 Canadian flying cadets at Mitchel Field examining P-40C. 516': HONOLULU, HAWAII, UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 520': Scenes of wreck of Japanese two-man suicide submarine, San Hosea football team acting as civil guards, Lt. Lewis Sanders and Lt. Philip Rasmeusan who shot down the first Japanese planes during the attack, Lt. Taylor, Lt. George Welch and Lt. Harry Brown who accounted for six Japanese planes. 586': Total footage in reel. Good
