Films produced by First Motion Picture Unit United States Army Air Forces

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

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...

When naval Lieutenant Phil Bowen encounters his friend, Air Forces Captain Grover, he inquires as to what Grover's aerial reconnaissance team is...

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

Documentary on picking the right Cadet.

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

This documentary short film was produced by the United States Army Air Forces' First Motion Picture Unit as a training film for American pilots and...

A downed American bomber crew quickly falls prey to the clever interrogation techniques of the Germans in this dramatic WW2 training film.

Documentary short film depicting the correct methods of surviving the crash landing of a military aircraft in the desert. Methods of conserving...

This government documentary short film depicts and explains the processes for retrieving a glider in the field. In combat situations in World War II,...

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...

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

The story of Three Cadets and sexually transmitted diseases.

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,...

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

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...

When naval Lieutenant Phil Bowen encounters his friend, Air Forces Captain Grover, he inquires as to what Grover's aerial reconnaissance team is...