First Motion Picture Unit United States Army Air Forces Movies

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

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...

Documentary feature film depicting the training of young Lieutenant Jim Anthony as a pilot of the B-26 Marauder bomber. Dick, the captain charged...

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...

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

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

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

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,...

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...

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,...

The story of Three Cadets and sexually transmitted diseases.

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

This documentary depicts the American effort to support the Chinese government before and during the Second World War, by means of transport flights...

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...

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

This documentary short film depicts the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter plane in combat operations in various locales around the world during the Second...

Documentary short film depicting the uses of radar in high-level bombing during World War II. B-29 bombers are shown delivering bombs over Japan and...

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...