Most Viewed From First Motion Picture Unit, United States Army Air Forces

An ace fighter pilot captain expects to get leave, but instead is ordered to Washington, where a colonel explains that mounting casualties among...

Hapless B-17 waist gunner "Trigger Joe" learns how to adjust his aim, to take into account the relative motion of his aircraft, his bullets, and the...

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...

This documentary short film was produced by the United States Army Air Forces' First Motion Picture Unit as a training film for American pilots and...

This documentary short film depicts the proper manner for ground inspection, flight preparation, takeoff, flying, single-engine flying, and landing...

Military training film detailing flight procedure, crew assignments, and armament of the B-29 bomber aircraft.

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...

This documentary depicts the American effort to support the Chinese government before and during the Second World War, by means of transport flights...

This government documentary short film demonstrates for Army Air Forces pilots in World War II the safe execution of a variety of aeronautical...

Documentary on picking the right Cadet.

A documentary that shows how the Army Air Forces during World War II flew wounded men from Pacific battle areas to hospitals and home towns in the...

This United States government documentary short film recapitulates the efforts made by the United States Army Air Forces in coming to terms with the...

This documentary dives into an in-depth look at the weapons and methods of German and Japanese anti-aircraft warfare. Also highlights the evasive...

A documentary showing the functions of the Army Air Corps' First Motion Picture Unit, which made training and inspirational films for the Army Air...