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U.S. Army cadets go through various tests during training for air crew in the United States during World War II.
Training for U.S. Army Air Force air crew in the United States during World War II. Narration by Ronald Reagan. An enactment of a Complex Coordination Test shows cadets seated and using a device with handle, foot controls and lights. A panel on the device flashes lights as cadets use the device. Two-Hand Coordination Test shows cadets turning the crank on a device. View of gauges. Rotary Pursuit Test shows cadets using a rotary pursuit device and an officer taking measurements from gauges. The cadets relaxing on beds in a barrack. A cadet at a counselor's desk.
Classification and selection procedure of U.S. Army Air Force air crew in the United States during World War II.
An enactment of selection and classification of U.S. Army Air Force air crew in the United States during World War II. Narration by Ronald Reagan. Cadets after going through various tests arrive for their selection as bombardiers, pilots or navigators. A cadet signs on a document of appeal to a classification board as he wants to become a pilot and not a bombardier. The cadet speaks with two U.S. Army Air Force officers of the classification board. An officer shows aptitude test results to the cadet. The Cadet is convinced by the officers to become a bombardier.
Civilian painters paint U.S. Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft at an airfield in the U.S. during World War II.
U.S. Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress bombers at an airfield in the United States during World War II. A B-29 that is being protectively sealed in preparation for painting. Fuselage and number 3 engine are sealed. Moveable scaffolding is in place and drums of liquid are on the ground. Painter begins process of sealing an engine nacelle, by taping opening. He then sprays a synthetic "spider web" of material over the opening. Similar material is sprayed into various openings of the aircraft, until a fabric is formed over them. Finally, preformed sheets of fabric are used to seal other sensitive seams on the airframe and trailing edges of wings..
Mission and operations of the U.S. Army Service Forces during World War II
Film opens with an explosion at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. The USS Arizona sinking. Newspaper headline reading "U.S. Declares War." Relief map globe of the world. Narrator speaks about accomplishments of the U.S. Army Service Forces since the Pearl Harbor attack. Glimpse of two M4 DV early Sherman tanks moving on a road. The famous Uncle Sam recruiting poster. Massed U.S. Army troops marching toward the camera lined 16 abreast. Army supply service personnel inspecting providers of all manner of supplies needed to feed, clothe, and equip the U.S. Army. Brief views of supply operations underway involving food and fuels. An Army truck and a P-38 lightning airplane (under wraps) being loaded aboard a ship. A warehouse stacked from floor to ceiling with military supplies. Forklifts moving in the aisles. Group of officers sitting around a table. Some wear shoulder patch of Army Service Forces on their uniforms. The processing of millions of volunteers and draftees for military service. Recruits undergoing physical exams and then arriving in civilian clothes, with their baggage, at a training center. Barracks being constructed at a training camp. Camera pans across a large completed military camp. Soldiers forming up in front of barracks. Sign reads "Dispensary, Recruit Reception Center." Recruits lined up and receiving innoculations against tropical and other diseases according to the regions to which they are being sent. An Army Sergeant assessing recruit qualifications for various military assignments. New recruits eating in a camp dining hall and also in a chow line at an outdoor field mess. Views of industrial workers assembling military equipment in war plants. A coal burning electric generating plant with 8 smoke stacks. A furnace with hot steel visible. An Army agent and an industrialist signing contract documents. Glimpses of women placing items on a conveyer; guns being assembled in an armory; railroad train carrying freight across rugged U.S. territory; ocean-going ships ready for loading; cargo stacked up at ports; numerous 55 gallon drums ready for loading; rope slings of cargo being loaded for shipment; numerous army trucks ready for shipment to Allies, under "Lend Lease;" a nurse checking medical supplies for shipment; Many U.S. Army M3 tanks ready for shipment. Views of British forces engaged in the North African campaign, before the U.S. entry in World War 2. U.S. soldiers marching along a Camp road past a sign reading: "Headquarters, 725th Railway Operating Battalion" (Located in New Orleans). Rapid glimpses of various supplies, equipment, etc. being loaded for shipment abroad. Views of clock hands moving. soldiers shooting automatic weapons (including tracer rounds) at a firing range.
U.S. Engineers work to construct supply routes throughout the world during World War II.
PBY Catalina aircraft seen inflight above an Allied convoy of ships at sea. Closeup of British flag displayed at stern of one ship. A destroyer escort in the convoy. U.S. Army engineers creating a road in an area of wilderness. A steam shovel empties its bucket into a truck. A surveyor taking readings with a transit. Two graders moving side-by side as they level a new road A tractor pulling a drum compactor. A vehicle drives on a mountainside road built by Army engineers. Snow covered mountains seen in background. Animated map showing far flung places where military supplies had to be delivered during World War 2. An open Army truck carrying American troops on Guadalcanal in the Pacific. U.S. soldiers walking on a pier at Attu in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. American soldiers arriving at a pier in Accra, Gold Coast. Soldiers hold the American flag on a hilltop in Casablanca, French Morocco. Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang, in Chungking. American troops in foul weather gear neat tents in Kiska, the Aleutians. Troops offloading from a troop transport ship in Cairo, Egypt. Troops in Algiers, and in Sicily. Troops hitting the beach in an amphibious assault.
News media military analysts discuss the problems of Allies invading Europe to defeat Germany in World War II
Map of Europe and label "Invasion." Westbrook Van Voorhis leading a panel discussion about the problems arising from the Allied invasion of Europe in World War 2. He introduces panelists: Hanson Baldwin (military editor of the New York Times) Dewitt MacKenzie (Associated Press military analyst), and Paul Schubert (of Mutual Radio Network). He asks Mr. Baldwin about the importance of bombing. Relief map of Europe highlighting major German cities. Asked about the merit of invading Italy on the way to Germany, Mr. Schubert cites the problem of the Alps and suggests other more effective invasion routes. Van Voorhis asks Mr. MacKenzie about best route into fortress Germany. He considers the criterion of supplies as most important. and suggests the Atlantic coast, near a good port and not far from England. Animated map shows this idea. When asked about this, Mr. Baldwin agrees completely, calling the conflict "a quartermaster's war." He adds, "The problem of victory is the problem of supply."
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