First Motion Picture Unit United States Army Air Forces Movies
- 1944
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Resisting Enemy Interrogation6.21944HD
A downed American bomber crew quickly falls prey to the clever interrogation techniques of the Germans in this dramatic training film.
- 1943
Flight Characteristics of the A-20
Flight Characteristics of the A-2001943HD
Tom, a young Army Air Forces pilot, begins instruction with his captain on flying the A-20 attack aircraft. The captain demonstrates to Tom the pre-fl...
- 1944
How to Fly the B-26 Airplane
How to Fly the B-26 Airplane01944HD
Documentary feature film depicting the training of young Lieutenant Jim Anthony as a pilot of the B-26 Marauder bomber. Dick, the captain charged with...
- 1945
Land and Live in the Desert
Land and Live in the Desert01945HD
Documentary short film depicting the correct methods of surviving the crash landing of a military aircraft in the desert. Methods of conserving water,...
- 1945
Wings for This Man
Wings for This Man01945HD
A tribute to the pioneering achievements of the Negro combat pilots trained at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
- 1943
Three Cadets
Three Cadets01943HD
The story of Three Cadets and sexually transmitted diseases.
- 1945
Target Tokyo
Target Tokyo01945HD
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...
- 1945
P-47 Combat Operations
P-47 Combat Operations01945HD
This documentary short film depicts the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter plane in combat operations in various locales around the world during the Second Worl...
- 1943
Reconnaissance Pilot
Reconnaissance Pilot01943HD
Documentary/training film depicting the duties of a pilot in the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War as he flies reconnaissance missions over enem...
- 1944
Ditch and Live
Ditch and Live01944HD
Lt. Scott Reynolds is co-pilot on a B-17 bomber. When his ship is forced to ditch at sea, only Reynolds survives. The nine other crew members died as...
- 1945
Time to Kill
Time to Kill01945HD
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 fu...
- 1943
Eyes Aloft
Eyes Aloft01943HD
In this documentary short film, a woman volunteer for the civilian aviation observer corps in World War II explains how the U.S. military depends on c...
- 1943
Wings Up
Wings Up5.21943HD
Clark Gable stars in this propaganda short about the Officers Candidate School of the Army Air Forces.
- 1943
Cadet Classification
Cadet Classification01943HD
Documentary on picking the right Cadet.
- 1944
B-29 Flight Engineer
B-29 Flight Engineer01944HD
This government documentary short film depicts and explains proper procedures for functioning as a flight engineer on the B-29 bomber. Lieutenant Ande...
- 1945
Target - Invisible
Target - Invisible01945HD
Documentary short film depicting the uses of radar in high-level bombing during World War II. B-29 bombers are shown delivering bombs over Japan and u...
- 1943
Learn and Live
Learn and Live01943HD
Joe Instructor, an Army Air Forces flight instructor, visits Pilot Heaven and has a discussion with Saint Peter about the unacceptable number of pilot...
- 1944
Land and Live in the Jungle
Land and Live in the Jungle81944HD
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 g...
- 1944
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane01944HD
U.S. Army Air Force pilot Bob Chilton and North American Aircraft designer Arthur Deeds show an Air Force colonel and major the new P-51B aircraft, ex...
- 1944
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure01944HD
This U.S. Army Air Forces documentary short film depicts training methods and instructions for pilots of the C-47 Skytrain troop carrier aircraft. Lie...