A film about the United States Army Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft in the United States. The instruction version of the P-38 aircraft. A new recruit talks to American aviator Milo Garrett Burcham. Burcham sits in a cockpit. He operates the brakes to control the speed of the propellers. Propeller switches are operated to control revolutions per minute (RPM ) of the aircraft. Warning lights glow. A circuit breaker trips up as a short circuit occurs. The circuit breaker is pushed down. The aircraft taxis. Propeller system is operated, a booster pump is switched on and toe brakes are held. The brakes are applied to get the desired speed. Manifold Pressure Gauge on a panel. The aircrafts takes off. The warning lights blink. The circuit breakers trip. The RPM gauge shows increased propeller speed. The RPM is reduced to desired value. A circuit breaker switch is pushed. The aircraft in flight. The pilot operates handles and switches for single engine operation in case of an engine failure.
Flight test of new U.S. Constellation cargo airplane in the United States during World War II . The cargo airplane moves out of a hangar. Ground crew in the background. A U.S. Army Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft parked at the airfield. The crew stands around the airplane. The propeller of the airplane rotates. The airplane taxis and takes off. The airplane in flight. Mountains in the background.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the Congress in Washington DC during World War II . The U.S. Capitol building. The U.S. flag in the foreground. New Congress members wave. Congress men seated in a hall. Roosevelt speaks into a microphone and addresses the Congress. He gives a speech on hope and courage.
Clip opens with brief World War I scene, circa 1917, of new American army recruits receiving army uniforms being issued by a U.S. Army Quartermaster. Clip then covers U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps' combat operations in various Theaters of Operations during World War II. Quartermaster Corps soldiers with rifles under the cover of a military truck during battle. Troops in trucks. An aircraft in low flight over a field. A U.S. Army truck. A Quartermaster fires an anti aircraft gun. Explosions occur and smoke rises. A British tank in a field. Soldiers beside a truck. Cans and barrels stacked on the ground. An enemy German tank in a field. Soldiers take cover. Quartermasters with guns in a trench. They come up the trench in prone positions. Dramatized battle scene with several Quartermaster corps casualties beside a wire fence. Soldiers prepare a mortar gun. An anti aircraft gun on an army truck. A soldier takes aim and fires a rifle during training. The Quartermaster flag hoisted on a pole. Actual footage shows aerial view of Bataan, and then ground views of groups of remaining U.S. Army soldiers around time of surrender of Bataan in April 1942. American soldier seen with their hands up and under guard of Japanese soldiers during Bataan surrender. Landing crafts arrive at a beach in North Africa. Supplies being offloaded at various battle fronts of World War 2. Soldiers and supplies off-loaded on the beach. Quartermasters seated on supplies boxes. Landing crafts arrive at a beach in the South West Pacific. Troops move across the beach. Troops disembark from landing crafts and move across a beach in Sicily, Italy. The Quartermasters unload boxes of supplies during various beach landings. They unload supplies and fire artillery on a beach head in Italy. Troops in trucks. A convoy of trucks loaded with supplies. Ammunition, ration and personnel in trucks move from Algeria to the front in Tunisia. Explosions occur and smoke rises. Trucks advance through smoke at night and in difficult conditions. Quartermaster General Major General E. B. Gregory speaks about the Quartermaster Corps. He says that the Quartermasters distribute goods to the army during training and combat. The movement of the Corps should be so regulated so as to deliver the goods at the right time in the right quantity.
People read newspapers in London, England during World War II. People queue up to buy newspapers giving the story of the fall of Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini. A man reads newspaper headlines. A woman reads a newspaper. People sitting on benches in London Square read the news.
Demonstration of the capabilities of the small snow vehicle, Weasel in the United States. Weasel is carried aboard a glider. Gilders take off. Weasel is dropped by parachute from a plane. It is ready to move for action as it lands. It travels over snow and rough terrain. Half track vehicle on snow covered land. Interior: Weasels are being improved. Weasel is driven on snow covered land with its new features like stable tracks and cargo body.
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