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General Catton visits a weather station at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam.

United States Air Force General Jack J. Catton on a walking tour of Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam. A United States Air Force HH-43 B helicopter with General Catton aboard it lands outside a weather station at Tan Son Nhut Air Base. He talks to army officers inside a building. General Catton inspects personnel and tours the weather station with MAC (Military Airlift Command) Chief of Staff Major General William V. McBride and party. He drinks from a glass and speaks to an officer. General Catton salutes and shakes hands with the officer. (Vietnam War period).

Location: Vietnam
Date: 1969, October 6
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042942
Career of U.S. Air Force General Henry (Hap) Arnold. Advent of World War Two.

Year 1938. Adolf Hitler gives speech. U.S. Army Major General Henry (Hap) Arnold is appointed Chief of the U.S. Army Air Corps. President Franklin D. Roosevelt with General Arnold in an open car, inspecting a new bomber. Sketches of various airplanes proposed to modernize the U.S. Army Air Corps, including Northrup A-17-A; Bell P-39; and Douglas B-23. Views of U. S. Army pursuit airplanes and North American BC-1 training aircraft. Paratroopers jump from C-47 aircraft. A P-38 lightning airplane maneuvers in flight.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1938
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042992
Highlights in career of U.S. Air Force General Henry (Hap) Arnold. World War II.

Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. U.S. Army Air Corps Chief, General Arnold created Civilian Contract flying schools to train pilots. Recruits seen entering Spartan School of Aeronautics, Air Corps Training Detachment. Trainees being issued parachutes. Student pilots flying in Stearman training airplanes. P-51 mustang airplanes taxiing and in flight. Brigadier General Jimmy Doolittle's bombing raid on Tokyo. General Arnold sitting with General Doolittle. President Franklin Roosevelt presenting the Medal of Honor to General Doolittle. Army Air Corps flyers being decorated by General Arnold. Scenes of air war in Europe from gun cameras of American aircraft. Lieutenant General Arnold mingling with air crews at an air base. An aircraft plant building B-17 Flying Fortress bombers. General Arnold with War Production Chief, Bill Knudsen.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1938
Duration: 4 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042993
The story of AFN ( American Forces Network) Radio. Founding announced in 1942. First broadcast in 1943; growth in 1944.

U.S. Army soldier reads newspaper while listening to radio. Soldiers doing their respective chores, listen to AFN (American Forces Network) Radio. General Marshall and General Eisenhower announce the creation of AFN, in 1942. July 4, 1943, the first broadcast of AFN. General Eisenhower mingling with paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division, on the eve of D-day. U.S. B-26 aircraft in flight. United States soldiers aboard landing craft and wading ashore at Normandy, France, on D-day, June 6, 1944. Soldiers tuning radios in the field. United States Sherman tanks and infantry move along country road in France. Audio includes portions from AFN broadcasts, including an announcer saying "You are listening to AFN Paris. This is the American Forces Network, on the road to Berlin." Road sign points to St. Lo. Group of U.S. soldiers gathered around a jeep with a radio, listening to AFN, in Germany. (World War II period).

Location: Europe
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043015
Engineers repair and check United States aircraft in the Mediterranean.

Animated map shows Italy and Yugoslavia. United States aircraft makes an emergency landing at an airfield. Airmen speak with the pilot. Engineer inspects aircraft wheel. Number of airplanes parked on the ground. Engineers check the aircraft engine. Yugoslavian ships bring food for the Yank Island. Soldiers unload goods from ship. Troops disembark from a B-47 aircraft. Man gives hand signals. (World War II period).

Location: Mediterranean Sea
Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043287
United States Army Air Force target practice and drop bombs on targets in Italy.

Experimental activities of United States Army Air Force in the Mediterranean. Air Corp personnel look at shell. Airman fires at shell placed on tire for target practicing. Bullet holes on the shell. Airmen hold model of German B-1 Aircraft. Aircraft drops bomb over target. (World War II period).

Location: Italy
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043288
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