02:31:11 5.7 |
STORY OF ARMY AIR FORCE 1939 TO 1943
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02:32:03 57.7 |
PAN MAP OF WORLD SHOWS 15 LOCATIONS THE AIR FORCE
IS OPERATING DURING WWII |
02:32:25 79.7 |
MONTAGE BOMBER SQUADRONS IN FLIGHT & DROPPING
4BOMBS |
02:33:01 115.7 |
AERIAL P-38 SHOOTS DOWN JAPANESE FIGHTER
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02:33:12 126.7 |
MONTAGE B-25 BOMBER SQUADRONS IN LOW LEVEL COMBAT
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02:34:16 190.7 |
MS LONG LINE OF B-17 BOMBERS READY FOR TAKE OFF IN
BRITAIN |
02:34:31 205.7 |
MONTAGE ONE BY ONE B-17'S TAKE OFF AND IN AIR
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02:34:41 215.7 |
MONTAGE FIGHTERS TAKE OFF & IN AIR
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02:35:36 270.7 |
MONTAGE AERIAL DOG FIGHTS
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02:36:11 305.7 |
CU MAP OF US WITH DOTS LOCATING AIR FORCE ACTIVITY
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02:36:40 334.7 |
CU CALENDAR IS TURNED BACK TO 1939
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02:37:05 359.7 |
MONTAGE CHARTS SHOW DIFFERENCE IN PLANES, MEN &
OPERATIONS |
02:38:16 430.7 |
MONTAGE CHARTS SHOW THE LACK OF AIR POWER BETWEEN
FOREIGN COUNTRIES & US |
02:38:36 450.7 |
CU HITLER MAKING SPEECH IN GERMANY
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02:38:39 453.7 |
CU MUSSOLINI OF ITALY
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02:38:41 455.7 |
CU ANTHONY EDEN OF BRITAIN
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02:38:44 458.7 |
MONTAGE HITLER REVIEWING GOOSE-STEPPING TROOPS
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02:38:55 469.7 |
CU NEWS HEADLINE "RUSSO-GERMAN PACT SIGNED!"
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02:38:58 472.7 |
MONTAGE RUSSIA'S MOLOTOV & GERMAN VON RIBBENTROPH
MEET IN MOSCOW |
02:39:38 512.7 |
CU BURNING EUROPEAN MAP DESCRIBES TURMOIL
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02:39:39 513.7 |
AERIAL GERMAN DIVE BOMBER ATTACKS IN POLAND
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02:39:55 529.7 |
MONTAGE GERMAN TWO-MAN MOTORCYCLES ENTER VILLAGE
WAR BEGUN |
02:40:20 554.7 |
MONTAGE BOMBS FALLING ON CITIES, BUILDINGS
FALLING, ETC. |
02:41:15 609.7 |
CU CHART SHOWS DRAMATIC INCREASE IN AAF BY END OF
1939 |
02:41:40 634.7 |
MONTAGE GERMAN TROOPS MARCH IN DENMARK, THEN
NORWAY |
02:41:53 647.7 |
MONTAGE GERMAN BOMBERS DROP BOMBS
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02:41:59 653.7 |
LS WINDMILL IN HOLLAND GERMANS ATTACK HOLLAND,
THEN BELGIUM AND FRANCE |
02:42:00 654.7 |
MONTAGE GERMAN BOMBERS, TANKS, ARTILLERY IN ACTION
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02:43:15 729.7 |
MONTAGE BUILDINGS FALLING, CITIES IN FLAMES, ETC.
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02:43:23 737.7 |
MONTAGE BRITISH TROOPS ON BEACH AT DUNKIRK UNDER
ATTACK |
02:43:29 743.7 |
MONTAGE BRITISH TROOPS PILE ONTO SHIPS OF ALL
KINDS TO EVACUATE |
02:43:36 750.7 |
MS GERMAN TROOPS MARCH UNDER ARC DE TRIOMPHE IN
PARIS |
02:44:04 778.7 |
CU CHART SHOWS DRAMATIC INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR
AAF IN 1940, 1941 |
02:44:21 795.7 |
MS VINTAGE US WARSHIP IN 1940
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02:44:29 803.7 |
MS US CIVILIAN RECRUITS MARCH TO CAMP
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02:44:37 811.7 |
MONTAGE HITLER & JAPANESE MEET & FORM AXIS 1940
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02:44:53 827.7 |
CU CHART SHOWS CONTINUED INCREASE IN ARMY AIR
FORCE |
02:45:38 872.7 |
MONTAGE MASSIVE EXPLOSIONS IN ENGLAND FROM BOMBING
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02:46:05 899.7 |
CU CHART SHOWS FURTHER STRENGTH INCREASE BY
MAY 1941 |
02:46:51 945.7 |
MONTAGE GERMAN TANKS, CANNON & PLANES FIRE ON
RUSSIA |
02:47:35 989.7 |
CU CHARTS SHOW ADDED MONEY EXPENDITURES & AIR
GROUPS |
02:49:18 1092.7 |
LS BOMB EXPLODES ON WARSHIP IN PEARL HARBOR
DECEMBER 7, 1941 |
02:49:23 1097.7 |
CU JAPANESE AIRPLANE IN AIR DROPS BOMBS ON PEARL
HARBOR |
02:49:28 1102.7 |
AERIAL BOMBS EXPLODE ON PEARL HARBOR
|
02:49:41 1115.7 |
MONTAGE GROUND DESTRUCTION AT PEARL HARBOR
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02:50:10 1144.7 |
MONTAGE DESTROYED PLANES ON GROUND AT PEARL
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02:50:23 1157.7 |
MS FDR DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN
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02:50:53 1187.7 |
CHART SHOWS DRAMATIC MONEY EXPENDITURES BY 1942
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02:51:21 1215.7 |
MS B-17 TAKES OFF AS NARRATOR EXPLAINS LOGISTICS
OF MASSIVE BUILD-UP |
02:52:21 1275.7 |
AERIAL GIS HUDDLED TOGETHER ON TROOPSHIP
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02:52:36 1290.7 |
MS INDUCTEES BEING SWORN IN
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02:52:46 1300.7 |
MONTAGE NEW RECRUITS RECEIVING TRAINING &
INSTRUCTIONS |
02:52:59 1313.7 |
MONTAGE BUILDINGS BEING CONSTRUCTED FOR TRAINING
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02:53:20 1334.7 |
MONTAGE PILOTS & BOMBARDIERS BEING TRAINED
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02:54:30 1404.7 |
MONTAGE WACS PARADE AND AT WORK IN AIRFIELD
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02:54:55 1429.7 |
MS AIRMAN GETS PAY
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02:55:03 1437.7 |
BOMBERS INCLUDING B-29 AT ASSEMBLY PLANT AS NARRATOR EXPLAINS LOGISTIC PROBLEMS
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02:55:13 1447.7 |
B-17 PLANES IN AIR
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02:55:28 1462.7 |
MONTAGE LARGE CONCENTRATION OF GROUNDED PLANES
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02:55:35 1469.7 |
AERIAL US BOMBER HIT BY GUNFIRE AS NARRATOR
EXPLAINS NEED FOR REPLACEMENTS |
02:55:44 1478.7 |
LS WOUNDED PLANE MAKES CRASH LANDING & TIPS OVER
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02:55:47 1481.7 |
MONTAGE DEBRIS OF DESTROYED PLANES
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02:56:04 1498.7 |
MONTAGE LONG LINE OF NEW BOMBERS & FIGHTERS
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02:56:15 1509.7 |
LS HUGE STOCKPILE OF SPARE PARTS
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02:56:51 1545.7 |
PAN HUGE STOCKPILE OF OTHER MATERIALS
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02:56:59 1553.7 |
AERIAL HUGE STOCKPILE OF BOMBS
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02:57:08 1562.7 |
MONTAGE CLUSTERS OF LARGE BOMBS BEING HOISTED ON
SHIP |
02:57:29 1583.7 |
MONTAGE HUNDREDS OF GASOLINE CANS BEING FILLED BY
HAND |
02:57:55 1609.7 |
MS HIGH OCTANE GAS TANKER TRUCK
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02:58:32 1646.7 |
CU CHART SHOWS FURTHER INCREASE OF AIR FORCE GROUPS
BY FEB 1942 |
02:58:51 1665.7 |
CU GENERAL ARNOLD COMMANDER OF AIR FORCE
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Description: FILM ABOUT THE STORY OF THE ARMY AIR FORCE FROM JUNE 1939 TO DECEMBER 1941
Keywords: bombardment
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