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Damaged United States planes return from a mission at Pacific (WW2)

Shows activities aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific ocean as damaged planes return from a mission in World War II. United States soldiers looking towards the sky. They watch towards the sky through binoculars. Airplanes flying in the sky. A man waving signal boards towards the airplanes. A plane lands with one wheel. Another skids off the landing deck and hangs on the side of the ship. The third plane slides off the deck into the ocean, killing the pilot. Soldiers taking the pilot on stretcher. Cost of the plane and the pilot's training. Shows that a human life cannot be measured in dollars. Indicates that the mission of the civilians at home is to purchase war bonds.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027965
A U.S. Navy film about sailors returning to civilian life and separation from camp life in the United States.

A U.S. Navy film 'I'm a civilian here myself' depicts rehabilitation of sailors in the United States. Sketches of a cartoon depict what a civilian is and also that the sailors were once civilians. Robert Benchley introduces himself. He talks about how to make a civilian out of a sailor and about a separation center where sailors would be taught how to return to civilian life. He says there is a civilian in every sailor. The film shows scenes of a separation center. Boys relax around a swimming pool and a few women near by.

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031663
Trainees receive instructions by an officer and a map shows the connecting routes in the United States.

Boeing-Steerman PT-13, Kaydet airplanes in a row at training station.Flight instructors accompanying student pilots to the aircraft. Pt-13s start up, taxi, and one is seen taking off. Pilot trainees are shown a radial engine, by an officer.A student inserts a cylinder into engine block. Pilots from North and South American countries line up in front of At-6 (Texan) training aircraft. they run to their respective aircraft and start them up. Fuselage of one airplane shows crossed flags of United States and Chile. Formation of AT-6s in flight. A map shows airways in America. Another shows them in Central and South America. A map of the world shows the military Air Transport Commands routes.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031729
U.S. General James H. Doolittle enters a B-29 Stratofortress in the United States.

U.S. General James Harold Doolittle inspects a B-29 Stratofortress in the United States. B-29 takes a turn on a runway. General Doolittle stands near a B-29. He and the pilot enter the B-29. The General at the controls. He looks out the window of the B-29. Another B-29 parked in the background. B-29 taxis and takes off.

Date: 1945, July 10
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033823
U.S. General James H. Doolittle inspects a B-29 Stratofortress in the United States.

U.S. General James Harold Doolittle inspects B-29 Stratofortress in the United States. General Doolittle gets into a B-29 and then comes out. He is escorted by officers and he gets into a car. B-29 taxis and takes off. Planes parked in the background. B-29 taxis on the runway.

Date: 1945, July 10
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033824
A GB-4 radio controlled glide bomb assembled with all components at a United States Air Force base.

A GB-4 radio controlled glide bomb at a United States Air Force base. Airmen assemble various components to the missile. Tail section and wings are placed on the warhead and then fixed with the missile. The radio station and smoke flares are fixed with it. The control station of the bomb. Airmen checking the movement of the tail. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036010