A propaganda film titled "Angel in Overalls" by the U.S. Army aimed at praising and encouraging war materiel production workers in the U.S. who are building aircraft and other weaponry for U.S. soldiers in World War 2. Aerial scenes of clouds and formations of B-24 Liberator aircraft on their way to a day light bombing run over Germany. Interior views of B-24 cockpit area and other parts of B-24 aircraft as crew perform their duties. Bombardier using sighting equipment to evaluate path toward target. Mix of staged and actual battle scenes. Mock dialog between crew members is heard. Simulation of view through bombardier scope is seen. Bomb bay doors seen opening. Flak bursts and phosphorous bombs seen exploding nearby. Smoke streaming out from one of the B-24 aircraft in formation after it is hit by enemy fire. Machine gunner opens fire at an incoming enemy aircraft. Several views of machine guns being fired. Views of ammunition casings falling the floor as the guns are fired. Hit enemy aircraft are seen exploding and breaking up in air. Close-up view of a P-38 Lightning aircraft joining the group in combat. Scene of a P-38 aircraft production factory assembling P-38 planes in the United States. Narration encourages the work of P-38 production plant workers. P-38 aircraft during building and assembly operations. Formation of four P-38 aircraft in flight. Aerial views of a P-38 in flight. Gun camera footage showing strafing of a German target at the edge of a forest of trees.
Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter planes take off and land with tricycle landing gear. Aircrafts fly high in the sky. Perform various stunts. Landing of P-38 plane is seen. U.S. Pilots share their experiences about P-38 planes including destruction of first German plane shot down in World War II by a P-38 over Iceland. P-38 planes in support of heavy bombers. Ground crews attach bombs to P-38. Views of P-38s from air and ground. Far Eastern Airforce head, Lt. Gen George C. Kenney comments on the planes performance.
U.S. Army Air Forces 80th Fighter Squadron (two engines) operating in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Views from inside cockpit of P-38 as it dives low to strafe Japanese positions. P-38s taxiing out for takeoff. Dramatic cloud formations in background. Dimly seen formations of P-38s flying overhead. large V formation of P-38s in flight. P-38s in aerial maneuvers. One executes a series of rolls. Another performs a loop.
ME-262 aircraft training in Germany. A German Air Force officer enters his office, at an airfield, followed by a Technical Sergeant. The officer rummages through some papers on his desk and displays a simplified drawing of an ME-262 jet airplane. Closeup of the drawing. The officer highlights parts of the drawing while describing aspects of it. He sits in his chair and talks about flying the jet plane, using his hands to illustrate as he speaks. Closeup of the Sergeant paying close attention to the officer. Change of scene shows a pilot in the cockpit of a ME-262, he holds the control stick with a gloved hand.Camera focuses on the engine controls beside the pilot. Pilots gloved hand points to engine starting controls. View of pilot's feet on rudder pedals. Pilot pulls on a long lever in the front panel and releases it. More views of engine controls. Pilot points to engine start buttons and grasps power control lever. Another brief view of pilot's hand on flight control control stick. Film fades to the officer describing these actions while seated in his office. Closeup of an ME-262 performance graph showing altitude vs. airspeed. It is marked at 620 Km per hour and some undiscernible altitude. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Opening scene shows a German Air Force Technical Sergeant student pilot manning a mobile ground control station at an airfield. He is in communication with an ME-262 aircraft, next seen taxiing, from a parking place, onto a ramp for takeoff. The Technical Sergeant at the mobile control looks through binoculars, as the jet plane passes various other aircraft getting into position for takeoff. A woman soldier, near a shack on the field, raises a flag to signal the jet to take off. It applies power and heads down the runway. View from the side of the jet breaking ground on takeoff, and landing gear beginning to retract. View inside cockpit as pilot manipulates engine controls. Glimpse of his feet on rudder pedals. Closeup from side as the jet is airborne with gear retracted. Student controller watching airplane's progress with binoculars. The student's Officer instructor pilot joins him at at the mobile control point and they converse as they watch the ME-262 in flight. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Opening scene shows a German Air Force Technical Sergeant student pilot adjusting engine controls in cockpit of an Me-262 jet airplane. Closeup of an Me-262 aircraft in flight. An officer instructor pilot with a Technical Sergeant student pilot manning a mobile ground control post in communication with the airborne Me-262. View of pilot in cockpit of an Me-262. View of airspeed indicator and glimpse of artificial horizon instrument in the cockpit. Pilot readjusting engine power controls. Closeup of the ME-262 in flight and of the mobile ground control post and then again of the ME-262 maneuvering at high speed in flight. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
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