U.S. Army Air Forces activities in U.S. during World War 2. Animation shows air combat crew of U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft representing a squadron. Animation depicts how bomber command and fighter command are formed comprising of individual crewmen, squadrons, groups, and wings. Animation shows Air Service Command work area. Aircraft engines in a repair shop. Interiors of a stock room. Large storage area and steel drums of gasoline. B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft in flight. Shadow of B-17 flying over ground. B-17 landing. Damaged B-17. B-17 crash landed. Air service command crews work on a plane to get it in flyable condition. B-17 takes off from an airfield.
Testing of U.S. buzz bombs at Dearborn, Michigan. U.S. buzz bombs, duplicates of German V-1 bombs, being produced and fuselage is assembled at Toledo, Ohio. Jet engines are assembled at Dearborn, Michigan. Raymond Blough and Henry Ford II watch the operations. A static test of jet engine of U.S. buzz bombs. Fly-bys of U.S. buzz bombs.
Draftees of U.S. All Volunteer Army fill out forms in the United States. The drafted men fill out forms and show them to an enlisted man instructor. The instructor picks up the forms of the new recruits. The draftees fill out forms. They pick up barracks bags and exit a building.
Draftees of U.S. All Volunteer Army in the United States. The new recruits place barracks bags into a truck. They are in a formation.
Draftees of U.S. All Volunteer Army in the United States. A U.S. officer speaks to the drafted men in a room. The new recruits are seated and listening.
Draftees of U.S. All Volunteer Army in the United States. A barber's pole on a building. Some of the draftees scratch and rub their heads after receiving short buzz haircuts. The new recruits talk among themselves. An enlisted man appears and speaks to them from steps.
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