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.
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.
General Henry Arnold dispenses with his prepared remarks and gives impromptu speech about air power. General Arnold at the Casablanca conferences, seen with President Roosevelt and General Marshall and other Allied military leaders. British bombers departing on nighttime bombing raids. A submarine surfacing. Newspaper headlines report German torpedoing of the ships, SS Robin Moor and SS Sessa. B-24 Liberator bombers taxiing before takeoff. B-24 aircraft seen in flight on antisubmarine missions. View of German submarine surfacing. View from inside cockpit of B-24 flying low with camera pointing toward ocean below. View from aircraft flying low over submarine. Explosion in water. Aerial view of B-24 in flight and view of explosions in water as seen from aircraft in flight. General Arnold consulting with General Joseph Stilwell and Claire Chennault. They walk in front of line of P-40 Flying Tiger aircraft with tiger teeth painted on their noses. Snow-covered Himalaya Mountains shown as narrator discusses "airlift over the hump" in World War 2.
Training film The Wizardry of Wireless, on radio transmission and reception. View of a diagram with Grid Potential written on it. The oscillating action causes the antenna current to alternate. Alteration depends on turns of wire in the coil. Man demonstrates the direction of current flow on instrument. Animated picture of the electromagnetic waves from a tower. The transmitters are connected and antenna current passes through them. Diagram with sound waves, battery and the transmitter.
Radio transmission and reception. Electromagnetic waves come in contact with antenna. Animation shows electromagnetic waves passing. A tuning coil is placed in antenna for better connectivity. This process adjusts antenna frequency. Diagram shows the tuning coil with a pendulum. The dots traveling on circuit show the frequency of reception. Diagram shows water line and the pebble. The filament circuit heats up. Incoming waves in the grid. Man holds torch in hand and opens it. Coil is placed on each end of magnet. Sound waves reduced from entering the diaphragm.
Cartoon animation 'Private Snafu' in 'Spies' leaks classified information a little at a time until the Germans and Japanese find out and sink his transport ship. World War II cartoon Private Snafu speaks over the phone and leaks out important information. He buys magazines, and drinks at a bar. He speaks to a woman. Bird carries a message in a letter to Adolf Hitler. Cartoon animation of Hitler speaking over microphone. German battleships prepare for war. German ships capture Private Snafu. Adolf Hitler interrogates Private Snafu.
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