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| Name | " THE ARMY AIR FORCE COMES OF AGE " 1940s U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE FILM (Part 2) 48604 |
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| Upload Date | This Video Uploaded At 01-07-2024 19:29:55 |
| Video Discription | “Army Air Force Comes of Age” is a late 1940s-era black-and-white film chronicling how America’s air potential came of age during World War II in terms of size, efficiency, and striking power. The film features footage of WWII-era military aircrafts, bombs, and battles as well as footage of the atomic bomb blasts that ended the war. Note: we believe this is part 2 of a 2 part film, we have not yet located part 1. AN/MPN-1 mobile-ground landing radar system (0:06). Air Force officers release weather balloon (0:09). Telecommunications radar rotates above service station (0:13). B-32 Dominator takes off from air strip (0:21). Logo for Air Transport Command (ATC) painted on facade of military plane (0:34). Freight carried by ATC: Military passengers, dispatches, mail; 1945 expansion of distances travelled and new ATC divisions across East Asia, Middle East (0:38). ATC “hump” operation: Douglas C-47 A planes being loaded with supplies, flying over snow-capped mountains; Delivering supplies to troops of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, Flying Tigers 14th Air Force Division (1:23). Fleet Curtiss P-40 aircrafts (1:54). Map of Japan, archival footage American troops closing in on Japan across southwest Pacific: Battle of Leyte Gulf, Battle of Luzon, American commander Douglas MacArthur (2:24). Aerial view Douglas C-47s operating as troop carriers, Battle of Corregidor; Parachutes dot sky as troops land on island (2:37). North American B-25 Mitchell Gunships drops bombs on Japanese troops in jungle of Luzon (3:13). Fleet of Boeing B-29 Superfortress planes based in Mariana Islands take off from base, battle against Japan in the Pacific (3:39). Battle of Okinawa, Japanese suicide attacks on American naval fleet, B-29s drops bombs on Japanese airfields Shikoku (4:17). General Henry H. Arnold greets troops stationed int eh Pacific (5:00). Graph showing increase in monthly bomb tonnage dropped on Japan 1944-1946 (5:08). Bombing of Nagoya, Bombing of Shizuoka: Images ruble Mitsubishi Aircraft Engine Works in both locations (5:49). Bombing of Tokuyama naval fuel station, Oshima (6:09). Hustle and bustle, traffic throughout Pre-War Osaka, Japan; Contrasted with footage of aerial bombing attack on city (6:27). Pedestrian traffic, interior of department store, geisha attends to women at makeup counters in pre-War Tokyo (6:58). Operation Starvation: USAAF laying sea mines along Japanese sea routes (7:30). Map of South East Asia, military targets: Harbors of Rangoon, rivers in Burma, ports of Indochina and Siam; Coordinated mining campaign with RAF and Australian forces in New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Indonesia (7:48). Graph showing number mines laid in Far Eastern waters 1943-1945 (8:42). Shots of sunken, destroyed Japanese commercial ships as result of campaign (10:05). Japanese civilians, prisoners of war emaciated from starvation (10:30). Chart of comparative aircraft losses in war against Germany, Japan (10:55). Trinity (nuclear test) explosion at Los Alamos lab as part of Manhattan Project (11:19). Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Russian invasion of Manchuria (12:05). Japanese surrender, signing of agreement on USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, testimonials from Japanese officials on defeat: Admiral Kichisaburō Nomura, Vice Admiral Kenji Ugaki, Fleet Admiral Osami Nagano (12:41). Sign for USAAF Center Orlando, Florida; tactical and strategic improvements, technical developments i.e. McDonnell XHJH-1 Whirlaway, Curtis-Wright XP-55 Ascender, Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster (15:15). Development of jet propulsion Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, other performance increase indicators (15:56). Guided missiles: Aerial torpedo, glide bomb, Azon bombs (16:50). Specialized missiles: Low altitude bombing, phosphorus and napalm bombs (17:20). British RAF Tallboy (bomb) (17:39). German Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet (17:54). German jet aircrafts, missiles: Messerschmitt Me 262, Heichal 162, Wasserfall guided missile, V1 flying bomb, V2 stratospheric rocket (18:15). Japanese armament: Phosphorous bombs, Fu-Go balloon bomb, Kamikaze attacks (19:36). Atomic bomb mushroom cloud, montage archival footage WWII soldiers traversing jungle, ruins of buildings in Europe (20:15). General Carl "Tooey" Spaatz speaks to camera from office desk (21:13).Cars, buses on city street in Washington, D.C. United States Capitol Building seen in distance (21:56). Boeing B-29, film ends (22:38). For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com |
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