Summary: Coverage of the US Army Air Corps during 1941. Shows aerial maneuvers, construction of aircraft in factories, launching of naval vessels, testing of equipment, civil defense drills, Army ground maneuvers in Louisiana, testing of new aircraft, USAAF, RCAF and RAF cadets in training, glider and parachute training, German airborne invasion of Norway, Argentine Independence Day, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, sports and recreation, Lend-Lease to Britain and troops in the Philippines (Photo'd by Universal, Movietone, RKO Pathe and Paramount). rEEL 1: 14': UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 22': Donald Douglas, Edsel Ford and Charles E. Sorensan examining A-20A in Santa Monica plant. 61': UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. MIAMI, FLORIDA. 65': Scenes of Duke of Windsor at All American Air Maneuvers speaking into microphone of radio station WQAM; Grumman F4F-3s, Piper Cub J-3s and an old tri-motor Ford with Harold Johnson at the controls, stunting; Uruguayan Waco Model D on ground and Thomas Boyd, the Bat Man, descending with wings and parachute. 151': NATIONAL DEFENSE. MOVIETONE NEWS. PREPARED BY JACK HANEY AND DESCRIBED BY LOWELL THOMAS. 159': Mechanics changing engine of B-14 at Randolph Field, Texas. 238' DEFENSE HEADLINES. NEWS OF THE DAY. 243': Shows US Army parachutists training on scaffold at Ft. Benning, Georgia, boarding C-47s, aircraft taking off and practice jumps at 19,000 feet. 343': SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA. UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 347': Scenes of workers at Douglas Aircraft factory assembling aircraft. 385': INDIANAPOLIS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 391': Allison liquid-cooled motors being fabricated and tested at Indianapolis plant'. 447': PARAMOUNT NEWS. AIR DEFENSE. BY GILBERT MARTYN. OVERHERE. 457': Searchlights and sirens at night. 466': B-18s at Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York and B-18s taking off. 504': Scenes or New York City air alert -- shows skywatchers at posts, switchboard operators, controllers in air control center, pilots scrambling for P-40Cs and B-18s over New York. 609': NATIONAL DEFENSE. PREPARED BY JACK HANEY AND DESCRIBED BY LOWELL THOMAS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 617': Flying cadets learning navigation from Pan American Airways civilian instructors at Miami, Florida. Cadets board Consolidated flying boat to study compass. 715': DEFENSE HEADLINES. NEWS OF THE DAY. 722': Shows Pitcairn PA-36 autogyro being tested at Washington D.C. 795': Aerial stunting of Pitcairn PA-36. 843': NEWS OF THE DAY. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. 846': Aircraft workers and famies at Boeing plant in Seattle, Washington, inspecting B-17Ds and 7th Bomb Group B-17Ds in flight over Mt. Rainier. 913': AMERICAN AIR VIEW. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 916': Boeing Aircraft plant open house -- shows aircraft flying over Mt, Rainier. 982': UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. SEATTLE, WASHINGT0N. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 985': Scenes of six B-17Ds over Mt, Rainier. 1037': Total footage in reel. Reel 2: US ARMY AIR FORCE NEWSREEL. 1941. MARYLAND. MOVIETONE NEWS. 22': Scenes of Martin bombers in production at Middle River, Maryland, special tempering of aircraft parts in sodium nitrate bath at 900 degrees and eight B-26s being prepared for shipment abroad. 104': SPEED LEND-LEASE IN ACTION. PARAMOUNT NEWS. GREGORY ABOTT. 113': President Roosevelt signing Lend-Lease Act in the White House -- he later signs bill approving first transfer of war material. 138': LONDON. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 140': Ambassador John D, Winant greeting King George of England. 152': Shows four old destroyers entering British Harbor as part of Lend-Lease plan and Navy Department Munitions Building in Washington D.C. 182': BUFFALO, NEW YORK. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 184': Shows P-40Cs in production in Curtiss plant and Omaha Class US Cruiser coming down the way. 232': B-17Ds taking off and PT boats at sea. 264': RANDOLPH FIELD. MOVIETONE NEWS. 271': AF cadets marching at Randolph Field, Texas with Gen. John J. Pershing (ret.) and former Vice President C.G. Dawes looking on -- pilots march in formation with BT-14s in flight overhead. 329': PARAMOUNT NEWS. BALLOON BARRAGE USA. BY JOSEPH BOLEY. 336': Barrage balloons being inflated and sent aloft at Ft. Lewis, Washington. 381': PARAMOUNT NEWS. FIRST PICTURES PARACHUTIST US ARMY. GILBERT MARTYN. 392': Shows 501st Parachute Battalion boarding C-47 and jumping at Ft. Benning, Georgia. 436': NORWAY. 1940. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 440': Scenes of German parachutists descending on Norway from Junkers 52 aircraft, (April 1940 invasion). 464': US. 1941. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 469': C-47s taking off and dropping heavy equipment and parachutists as Curtiss A-12S lay smoke screens below -- troops land and advance through smoke.
Contributor: Producer, Universal, Movietone, RKO Pathe and Paramount
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