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Aircraft gunnery practice of Bell P-39 Airacobra aircrafts in Michigan.

Bell P-39 Airacobra aircrafts on flight line at Camp Steel, Michigan. Ammunition is loaded in Bell P-39. Fliers board aircraft. Aircrafts taking off. Aircrafts swoop down and strafe ground target.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039344
Major General George Patton, other officers and enlisted men signing up for private flying school and practice flying.

Shortly before direct American involvement in World War 2: Major General George Patton, Commander 2nd Armored Division at Fort Benning, Georgia and 66 other officers and enlisted men signing up for private flying school in Columbus, Georgia. Officers studying on field. They board Fairchild aircraft and Cadet Monoplanes and take off. General Patton seen preparing to pilot an aircraft. Graduates lined up and getting diplomas.

Date: 1941
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039346
Officials recognize completion of the 2000th P-40 airplane at the Curtiss factory in Buffalo, New York (WW2)

Interior of the Curtiss airplane factory at Buffalo, New York. World War II P-40 fighter planes are seen in various stages of production on the factory floor. Workers roll out the 2000th P-40 type airplane from the factory. William S. Knudsen, Director General of the Office of Production Management, and other officials walk with Curtiss Company executives. Undersecretary of War, Robert P. Patterson, is also a member of the visiting party. (But he appears only momentarily, in the extreme right edge of the image at time code 00:26, where he is seen wearing a light colored suit, and carrying a large hat.) Director General Knudsen and other officials climb onto the wings of the 2000th P-40 and examine its cockpit. The sequence closes with an overflight of six P-40 airplanes in formation at low altitude, over the factory.

Date: 1941
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039348
Lieutenant Raymond Morse and other pilots playing football while in training at Moffett Field.

Lieutenant Raymond Morse and other pilots playing football while in training at Moffett Field. Pilots standing near planes in flight line. View of pilots in football gear. Lieutenant Raymond Morse and other pilots playing football. Pilots pushing the wings of a moving plane as part of exercise.

Date: 1941
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039351
Rodeo at Brooks Field in Texas.

Rodeo at Brooks Field in Texas. U.S. fliers with families at rodeo. Cowboys riding on bucking horses and zebras. Crowd cheering from behind the fences. View of men and women pulling rope.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039354
Launching of Cruisers named Atlanta and San Juan.

Views of U.S. Navy Cruiser 'Atlanta' sliding down an inclined slipway after being christened by author, Margaret Mitchell. Views of crowd at the ceremony. Atlanta underway at Kearney, New Jersey. Cruiser 'San Juan' launched at Quincey in Massachusetts and views of cruiser underway, shortly before World War 2.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039357