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- A young rural enlistee is initially disappointed with his job as an air mechanic, but his great marksmanship skills make him a tail gunner in a bomber.
- Major "Chick" Davis is convinced that high-level bombing will win the next war. He convinces the powers-that-be to set up a bombardier school. He efficiently sets about training the USAAF's first generation of high-level bombardiers.
- Inspirational short film designed to encourage recruits for the American Army Air Forces.
- A documentary recounting the experiences of the 351st Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces, based in England during the Second World War . The group's air and ground crews are followed through a number of bombing missions over Hitler's Germany.
- 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 future that they consider impossible. Harry wants a better world for his two kids, Shorty and Eddie want to start a trucking company, Joe wants to learn about engines, and another of the gang just wants to know how to write well. When Frank reveals that he's been studying to get his high school diploma and to have a career in the Navy, the others realize that the educational benefits offered by the Armed Forces Institute can help them achieve their dreams.
- Military training film detailing flight procedure, crew assignments, and armament of the B-29 bomber aircraft.
- This short film in support of the war effort dramatizes the training and missions of Army Air Forces Captain Hewett T. Wheless, a former Texas ranch hand who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in the early days of WWII.
- A recount of the bombing campaign by the United States Army's Fifteenth Air Force against the oilfields and refineries in and around Ploesti, Romania during World War II.
- Documentary short film depicting the correct methods of surviving the crash landing of a military aircraft in the desert. Methods of conserving water, providing shelter, and signaling for help are depicted.
- In this World War II military training film, a B-25 crew bails out over the jungle, and the pilot is separated from the rest of of his crew. The two groups of soldiers must survive until they can meet up and be rescued. The pilot does almost everything wrong, and the rest of his crew does almost everything right. We learn, by both bad and good example, how to survive in the jungle.
- 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 at Grand Island, Nebraska to their bombing embarkation point on the island of Saipan. From there, the B-29 attack on the Nakajima aircraft plant outside Tokyo is depicted.
- Animated training film demonstrating the process by which an autopilot uses gyroscopic controls to maintain an airplane in level flight.
- Training film depicting the fundamentals of electricity and how electrical signals can be used to keep an airplane on correct course and altitude through an autopilot.
- Training film demonstrating how instrument control panel units control direction and level of flight when the autopilot is operational.
- This Oscar-nominated USAF film covers the Berlin Airlift from the initial closure of the city in 1948 through 1949. It explains how, what and why that supported the city.
- Documentary detailing the activities of American fighter escort pilots during bombing raids over Germany.
- Military training film in which an instructor takes a new B-17 bomber pilot through preflight inspections of the aircraft and preparation for departure.
- Wartime US Army Air Forces training film about he dangers of venereal disease The Three Cadets are AAF pilot trainees who represent the cross section of AAF aviation cadets at the time. This film covers the precautions to prevent infection, and the dos and don'ts on what to do if one is unfortunate to be infected. Shown only to Army Air Forces during and possibly after WWII.
- The story of the 13th Army Air Force on Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and Munda in the Solomon Islands. Conceived, developed and mostly filmed by Lt. Edwin Parkhill. Narrated by: Spencer Tracy; and Ronald Reagan; Score: David Rose.
- Training film demonstrating techniques for piloting the P-39 Airacobra pursuit plane, including aerobatics and strafing.
- Training film demonstrating the usage of the turbosupercharger, a device for providing greater engine capability at high altitude. Various techniques for operating and servicing the turbosupercharger are shown using a B- 17 bomber.
- Training film demonstrating safe and proper procedure for towing, mooring, and jacking the B-17 bomber.
- Training film for Air Force fliers demonstrating the proper equipment procedures for ditching an aircraft at sea.
- Training film demonstrating methods for repairing damage to an aircraft fuselage.
- Training film depicting methods on preparing, making, and applying different kinds of patches to damaged wooden areas of aircraft bodies.