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RAF (Royal Air Force) served by NAAFI girls and crewmen fuel up Lancaster bomber in England.

Activities of RAF (Royal Air Force), air arm of the British Armed Forces in England. NAAFI (Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes) canteen truck in front of British Lancaster bomber as men served. Two RAF (Royal Air Force) men eat and drink. NAAFI girls come out of truck. Cakes passed to men. NAAFI girls pass out cake. Men stand around and talk to NAAFI girl. Men fuel up the Lancaster bomber. Crewmen open gas port for refueling. View of pilot in Lancaster bomber. View from Lancaster, motors of bomber turning over outside.

Date: 1945, June
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044531
Activities of U.S. Army Air Forces during the battle of Monte Cassino, Italy, during WWII.

U.S. Army Air Forces activities during the World War 2 Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy. Air crew of U.S.12th Air Force, 57th Bomb Wing, sit on bombs near their B-25, prior to takeoff. They board the aircraft. A gunner sitting in open compartment. B-25s takeoff in flights of three each and join up in larger formation. View from ground of bombs exploding on German positions at Monte Cassino. Formation of U.S. 15th Air Force B-24 :Liberator Bombers seen in the sky. B-26 crews of 42nd Bomb view photo of targets. B-26 taking off past several parked Supermarine Spitfire aircraft of 303 Polish Squadron RAF. B-25s taking off.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046254
German Junkers JU-29 and U.S. P-80 shown on Air Force Day at Wright Field in 1945. Orville Wright attends the event

Celebration of the 38th anniversary of the U.S. Army Air Forces, dating back to establishment of the Aeronautical Section of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, in 1907. Airmen of the Army Air Forces march in formation on the flight line at Wright Field in Dayton,Ohio. Aviation pioneer, Orville Wright, is seen in the reviewing stand. A color guard marches past the the reviewing stand. A 4-engine German Junkers JU-290 transport aircraft is seen parked on the field. (It arrived on July 31, 1945, after being flown to Wright Field from Europe, by U.S. Air Forces Colonel Harold E. Watson and co-pilot Captain Fred McIntosh,who were delivering it to Air Technical Intelligence Headquarters.) The crew of the JU-290 (named "Alles Kaputt") pose in front of it. Colonel Watson, is seen holding a Dachshund dog. The JU-290 takes off on a demonstration flight. A new U.S. P-80 "Shooting Star" jet airplane (serial number 44-84995) is rolled out for all to see. It takes off in a demonstration flight. (Late in World War 2.)

Date: 1945, August 2
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046777
A Royal Air Force (RAF) officer addresses a group as he brief them about the fighter tactics against B-29 Superfortress.

A U.S. and Royal Air force training film on Fighter Tactics against B-29 aircraft, similar to those of allied U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress in United Kingdom. A UK Royal Air Force (RAF) officer addresses a group. Models of B-29, C-47 Skytrain and C-82 Packet aircraft on desk. B-29 stationary and crew lined up in front of a plane for inspection. A pilot inspects the crew in front of a plane. Crew gets into the bomb bay of B-29. The guns being revolved, top turrets, side turrets, tail guns all being tested on the ground. A pilot hold hands out of window and signals to ground crewmen. The engines starting. The engines starts. B-29 taxis out from taxiing area. A tail section of B-29 and 15th Air Force insignia on tail. Large letter 'W' on tail. B-29 takes off. Aerial formation of B-29. An English officer addresses the group then goes over to wall and points out B-29 group tactical formations on bombing runs. The chart and pattern for B-29 formation. RAF pilots sit and listen to a briefing officer. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 8 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047106
President Wilson greets air mail pilots in Washington DC, United States.

Air mail service in United States. A cab with a sign on it that reads 'United States Air mail service'. Men with mail bags at Bolling field in Washington DC, United States. President Woodrow Wilson's car arrives. President Woodrow Wilson and his wife Edith Wilson. An envelope symbolizes the starting of air mail service in United States. Men seal the mail bags and load them onto the plane, pilots write on a piece of paper. President Wilson greets the pilots and talks to them. Pilots get into the plane to carry the mail by air for the first time.

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049051
Operations of United States 8th Air Force 492nd Bomb Group in England during World War II.

Operation Carpetbagger by the 492nd Bomb Group of United States 8th Air Force during World War II. View of automobile traffic on a London Street. London "Carpetbaggers" personnel working at the London headquarters of United States Army Air Forces 8th Air Force. At Harrington field men load supplies on trucks for French resistance forces (Maquis, FFI). Men workout the daily packing schedule. Men pack guns, grenades, machine guns and other ammunitions. Special H containers and C containers for loading 303 ammunition. Boots, socks being packed. Gasoline Jerry cans being put in containers. Men place guns in containers. Instructions in French also placed with the supplies for the French resistance forces. Men pack explosives and radio sets. Medical supplies put in baskets. Harness and parachute shops in Holmes where men attach parachutes to containers. Packages being transported to airfield for dropping to the targets. A man on a telephone informs about the daily supplies to Special Forces headquarters in London. S-2, an intelligence officer forwards the list received from London. A man plots the target area on a map. In the weather room detailed map of the area is being prepared. Officers make a selection of the targets. S-2 informs the headquarters about the route of the planes. Supplies being loaded onto United States B-24 aircraft specially configured to carry and drop the containers using the bomb rack system in the aircraft. Flight crew is briefed before the operation. Chief Navigator talks about the course to be taken by the planes and the targets to be hit. Pilots work on a flight plan. Aircraft take off. An officer reports about the take off of the aircraft to the 8th Air Force headquarters.

Date: 1945
Duration: 15 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049535