African American colleges in the United States during World War II. College curricula adjusts to war needs as they prepare students for various military and civilian occupations. A statue of Booker T. Washington. Tuskegee Institute campus in Alabama. African American United States Army Air Force pilots being trained at the institute (Tuskegee Airmen). An aircraft takes off. Airmen in a class. Students being trained for jobs in an aviation plant. Scientists and technicians in a laboratory as they conduct research on the science of nutrition. They work to get alcohol from agricultural products like potato. Women learn automotive maintenance skills to take up jobs during the war time.
A film titled 'African American pilots' about the Tuskegee Airmen African American pilot training in U.S. Army Air Forces in July, 1941. Five African American pilots stand near an aircraft at Tuskegee, Alabama. Cadets and instructors walks past U.S. Army Air Forces BT-13aircraft. BT-13 aircraft take off and fly in formation. A BT-13 aircraft lands. African American pilot talks to an officer.
Buildings of Tuskegee Institution. Exterior views of many buildings of the Tuskegee Institute. Picture of Booker T Washington. Instructors train students in carpentry, farming and dairy farm. A Jessup wagon, used to transport trained extension agents for teaching farming skills to African American farmers in Alabama, is inspected.
Henry Brown and his wife and two children board a horse cart. The horse cart moves, passing fields, trees and stores in Tuskegee, Macon County, including WJ Brantleys grocery market and the Macon Theatre on Northside Street. They reach an Army Air Force Base (Moton Field). Henry's eldest son, a cadet of 99th Pursuit Squadron (Tuskegee Airmen African American fliers in World War 2) receives them. They all move to the aerodrome where planes are parked. Henry's eldest son gets ready for a flight. He enters the cockpit. The plane takes off. The two children wave their hands. Henry and his wife look to the sky.
Pilot training on the Piper J-3 Cub training aircraft from Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, United States (home of the Tuskegee Airmen). Instructor explains gauges inside the Piper Cub training aircraft. View of the direction gauge in the aircraft. Instructor points to the RPM meter on panel of aircraft. Oil gauge in the aircraft. Temperature and altitude gauge in the aircraft. The instructor and student in the aircraft. An airman removes the stop in front of wheel of aircraft. African American student looks out of the aircraft. African American crew member rotates propeller of the aircraft.
Pilot training on the Piper J-3 Cub training aircraft from Tuskegee Institute in Alabama (home of the Tuskegee Airmen) during World War 2. A signal flag on pole. Instructor removes oil tank cap of the Piper Cub training aircraft. He tightens the cap. Fuel supply switches on panel. Engine of the aircraft. African American student or crew member rotates propeller of aircraft and looks at the engine. Student places the kit inside the aircraft. Aircraft taxis on a field.
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