U.S. Army Air Forces Newsreels Reel 8 · Part 3

Description

Reel 1: newsreels focus on the attack on Pearl Harbor (chiefly the aftermath), with the remainder of Reels 1-4 covering the U.S. attack on the Philippines and USAAF training for war, building new planes, and pilot and gunner training. Reel 5: includes footage of Winston Churchill reviewing U.S. Army troops and meeting with President Roosevelt in Washington, soldiers being decorated, an airforce raid on Tokyo, and air meets around the U.S. Reel 6: newsreels show Army and Navy heroes being decorated, Army Day celebrations throughout the U.S, and General Douglas MacArthur attending a funeral of one of his aides in Australia. Reel 7: footage concentrates on aircraft production, and personnel training. Reel 8: features General James Doolittle speaking to a gathering of Army personnel about his experiences, and various newsreels describing air battles overseasincluding the battle at Midway. Reel 9: footage includes Wendell Willkie reporting to a large audience about his overseas travels to Allied nations as semiofficial envoy of President Roosevelt; training of female airforce mechanics; stepped up airforce activity; and military decoration ceremonies. Reels 10-11: are devoted largely to airforce personnel training and equipment manufacture and testing newsreels plus footage of bombing raids on Tokyo. Reel 12: features Captain Eddie Rickenbacker visiting the 94th Pursuit Squadron in Long Beach, California, and Lieut. Gen. Brehon Somervell delivering a speech on airforce activities. Chinese Flying Tiger pilots and R.A.F. pilots join U.S. airforce in Reel 13: footage and American paratroopers in North Africa are shown. Reel 14: duplicates earlier footage of Eddie Rickenbacker and James Doolittle.

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities