First Motion Picture Unit United States Army Air Forces Movies

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...

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

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...

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

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

The story of Three Cadets and sexually transmitted diseases.

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...

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...

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 ot...

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...

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

This United States Army Air Forces short documentary depicts various pieces of official advice for pilots of the A-26 fighter bomber aircraft. Special...

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

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

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...

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...

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 the processes for retrieving a glider in the field. In combat situations in World War II,...

Documentary on picking the right Cadet.