Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive

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  • Creator is exactly "U.S. Army Air Forces Motion Picture Unit"

ChinaCrisis.jpg
A history of the establishment of the Fourteenth Air Force. Describes the military operations performed in China and India against the Japanese by the Flying Tigers of the American Volunteer Group and commander Claire Lee Chennault. Includes footage…

PerishableRush.jpg
Shows how the Army Air Forces during World War II flew wounded men from Pacific battle areas to hospitals and home towns in the United States. Uses a mix of actual footage and fictional reenactments to follow a soldier from being wounded in action,…

SurvivalOfTheFittest.jpg
Shows the function of the physical training program of the Army Air Forces during World War II. Starts by celebrating the exploits of Army Air Force war heroes. The main story is a fictional story about two American fighter pilots who are forced to…

TargetInvisible.jpg
Illustrates the use of radar on a bombing mission over Japan, and explains the work of the "mysterious 11th member of the crew" - the radar operator. In a final scene, the film is revealed to have been produced after the war, and a narrator…

WingsUp.jpg
Wing’s Up features narration by Hollywood star Clark Gable in his lesser-known role as a member of the U.S. Army Air Force. Gable saw combat as a pilot in Europe, but eventually joined the First Motion Picture Unit in California. In this Army Air…
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