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Elliot Roosevelt and Colonel H. H. Arnold inspect YB-10 bombers of the Army Air Corps Alaska Flight

Elliott Roosevelt, son of the U.S. President, and his wife, Ruth J.(Googins) Roosevelt, are seen at Bolling Field, Washington, DC, with U.S. Army Air Corps Colonel H. H. Arnold, as they visit the fliers taking part in the Air Corps Alaska Flight project. Elliot Roosevelt shakes hands with project commander, Colonel H. H. Arnold, as his wife, Ruth Roosevelt, stands behind them. They are in front of an Air Corps Martin YB-10 bomber. Air Corps aviators climb in and out of the aircraft and stand behind the wing of one, as they don mosquito netting headgear, that might be needed on the expedition. Closeup of the Alaska Flight logo painted on their YB-10 bombers, consisting of an eagle perched on a totem pole, superimposed on a map of Alaska.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1934
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064907
U.S. Army Information film about air sea rescue using B-17 and A-24 aircraft and Army rescue boat

A film on U.S. Army air-sea rescue operations. A U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft in flight over water. Crew at controls of the aircraft. Number 1 engine is feathered. Then, number 4 engine fails and is feathered. View from behind shows the B-17 descending with all four engines feathered. (Some of these scenes probably employed models.) Crew members in the aircraft. A wireless operator sets a key at automatic SOS. Crew preparing for ditching. The aircraft ditching in the water.Crew evacuates from the ditched aircraft in 6-man life rafts. They employ their various survival gear, including Gibson Girl radio with balloon-mounted antenna, signal mirrors, fishing gear, dye marker, and smoke flares. They are spotted by an Army Air-Sea rescue Douglas A-24 aircraft. The aircraft reports their position and a rescue boat is dispatched to their location. They are reached by U.S. Army air sea rescue boat, number P-249 (An 85 foot, wooden, gas- powered boat, built by Eddy Ship Building, Bay City, Michigan). Crewmen are taken aboard and given refreshments.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1945
Duration: 5 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065682
P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft being prepared for an air raid on Italy during World War II.

A film about role of U.S. Army Air Forces P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft during Allied air attacks on Italy in World War II . Aerial views of a damaged bridge after an Allied air attack. Bomb craters on the ground. A U.S. Army Air Forces P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft taxis along a field. Aircraft lined up at an airfield. Pilots in the cockpits of the aircraft as they clean canopies. Crew members work on P-47 aircraft.

Location: Italy
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066632
U.S. Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt, Martin B-26 Marauder and Lockheed P-38 Lightning taxi and take off in France.

Several United States aircraft taxi on a runway and take off in France during World War II. A tractor crane hooked to a wrecked U.S. Army Air Force Waco CG-4 glider. U.S. Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolts parked in the background. A U.S. Army Air Force Silver Lockheed P-38 Lightning taxi past the parked aircraft in the background. The aircraft while taxiing raises dust. Invasion markings on the aircraft. A USAAF C-47 taxis forward, takes a turn and takes off. The aircraft in flight over the low field. Insignia of the United States. A U.S. Army Air Force Martin B-26 Marauder taxis on a runway and raises dust. Another C-47 taxis on the runway and takes off. A signal aircraft in the foreground. Parked aircraft and trees in the background.

Location: France
Date: 1944, June 16
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068868
U.S. Secretary of State and Congressional delegation arrives by Army Air Forces plane at Washington National Airport

Film opens showing a U.S. Air Transport Command C-54 aircraft taxiing in to park at the Washington National airport, Washington, DC. Next, U.S. Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes, leaves the aircraft and descends steps, followed by a Congressional delegation, including Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg. The airport ramp is crowded with Army Air Forces personnel, photographers, and news reporters. Other Air Forces members watch from in front of the Army Air Forces Transport Command Terminal in the background. Closeup of Byrnes greeting several men in the crowd. Part of the sequence repeats again.

Location: Washington DC United States USA
Date: 1946
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069857
American Air Defense activities during the Cold War

Film opens showing a U.S. Navy Gleaves-class destroyer in a bay. Closeup of radar antennas atop a U.S. Navy ship. A U.S. Navy submarine operating on the surface in icy waters. It has what appears to be a cylindrical shelter on its deck. The boat is covered in ice. Several men in foul weather gear are on its deck. Interior of a radar monitoring center, where a sailor, wearing a headset, monitors a plan position radar scope, where an unidentified aircraft is detected. Scene shifts to a U.S. Air Defense centers where such information is plotted on charts. Sign on table reads: "Supervisor GOC" (referring to the Ground Observer Corps) Civilian volunteer members of the Ground Observer Corps (organized by the U.S. Air Force in 1950) enter a room for a meeting. Narrator states that their mission is to operate 14 thousand observation posts and 49 filter centers. View shows predominately women volunteers in the group. Two uniformed Air Force men show silhouette diagrams of American military aircraft. Women connecting numerous phone callers at a large switch board installation. A barber serving a customer in his shop. A volunteer ground observer, at an outdoor post, watches as a flight of U.S. Air Force P-47 aircraft flies overhead in formation. A U.S. Army member of the Anti-aircraft Command, is seen at a desk. He receives a report of an unidentified aircraft and pushes a button to sound bells alerting soldiers who leave a dining hall in the midst of a meal to respond to their battle stations. They are joined by soldiers from elsewhere in the area. All rush to their assigned locations. View of them running across a field. A large suspension bridge in the background. Soldiers manning 120mm M1 anti-aircraft guns amidst views of rotating radar antennas. Soldiers loading shells into the guns. Soldier monitoring the unknown aircraft on radar equipment. View of hurriedly abandoned dining hall with uneaten meals on the tables. Soldiers lowering gun barrels and placing covers over them after the alert is cancelled.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1954
Duration: 4 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070289
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