First Motion Picture Unit United States Army Air Forces Movies

A downed American bomber crew quickly falls prey to the clever interrogation techniques of the Germans in this dramatic training film.

Documentary feature film depicting the training of young Lieutenant Jim Anthony as a pilot of the B-26 Marauder bomber. Dick, the captain charged with...

This documentary short film depicts the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter plane in combat operations in various locales around the world during the Second Worl...

This government documentary short film depicts and explains proper procedures for functioning as a flight engineer on the B-29 bomber. Lieutenant Ande...

A group of sailors kid their shipmate Frank about his constant reading, when they would all rather play cards. But each of them has a dream for the fu...

In this documentary short film, a woman volunteer for the civilian aviation observer corps in World War II explains how the U.S. military depends on c...

A tribute to the pioneering achievements of the Negro combat pilots trained at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

Joe Instructor, an Army Air Forces flight instructor, visits Pilot Heaven and has a discussion with Saint Peter about the unacceptable number of pilot...

Documentary/training film depicting the duties of a pilot in the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War as he flies reconnaissance missions over enem...

Lt. Scott Reynolds is co-pilot on a B-17 bomber. When his ship is forced to ditch at sea, only Reynolds survives. The nine other crew members died as...

An ace fighter pilot captain expects to get leave, but instead is ordered to Washington, where a colonel explains that mounting casualties among fight...

U.S. Army Air Force pilot Bob Chilton and North American Aircraft designer Arthur Deeds show an Air Force colonel and major the new P-51B aircraft, ex...

This U.S. Army Air Forces documentary short film depicts training methods and instructions for pilots of the C-47 Skytrain troop carrier aircraft. Lie...

Tom, a young Army Air Forces pilot, begins instruction with his captain on flying the A-20 attack aircraft. The captain demonstrates to Tom the pre-fl...

Clark Gable stars in this propaganda short about the Officers Candidate School of the Army Air Forces.

Hapless B-17 waist gunner "Trigger Joe" learns how to adjust his aim, to take into account the relative motion of his aircraft, his bullets, and the a...

The story of Three Cadets and sexually transmitted diseases.

This government documentary short film demonstrates for Army Air Forces pilots in World War II the safe execution of a variety of aeronautical maneuve...

Documentary on picking the right Cadet.

The story of the first bombing raid on Tokyo by B-29 Superfortress bombers of the U.S. Army Air Forces. Crews are followed from their training staging...