- Title: F-2322v
- Summary: EXPANSION TO AIR POWER: FILM ABOUT THE STORY OF THE ARMY AIR FORCE FROM JUNE 1939 TO DECEMBER 1941
- Description:02:31:11 - STORY OF ARMY AIR FORCE 1939 TO 1943 02:32:03 - PAN MAP OF WORLD SHOWS 15 LOCATIONS THE AIR FORCE IS OPERATING DURING WWII 02:32:25 - MONTAGE BOMBER SQUADRONS IN FLIGHT & DROPPING 4BOMBS 02:33:01 - AERIAL P-38 SHOOTS DOWN JAPANESE FIGHTER 02:33:12 - MONTAGE B-25 BOMBER SQUADRONS IN LOW LEVEL COMBAT 02:34:16 - MS LONG LINE OF B-17 BOMBERS READY FOR TAKE OFF IN BRITAIN 02:34:31 - MONTAGE ONE BY ONE B-17'S TAKE OFF AND IN AIR 02:34:41 - MONTAGE FIGHTERS TAKE OFF & IN AIR 02:35:36 - MONTAGE AERIAL DOG FIGHTS 02:36:11 - CU MAP OF US WITH DOTS LOCATING AIR FORCE ACTIVITY 02:36:40 - CU CALENDAR IS TURNED BACK TO 1939 02:37:05 - MONTAGE CHARTS SHOW DIFFERENCE IN PLANES, MEN & OPERATIONS 02:38:16 - MONTAGE CHARTS SHOW THE LACK OF AIR POWER BETWEEN FOREIGN COUNTRIES & US 02:38:36 - CU HITLER MAKING SPEECH IN GERMANY 02:38:39 - CU MUSSOLINI OF ITALY 02:38:41 - CU ANTHONY EDEN OF BRITAIN 02:38:44 - MONTAGE HITLER REVIEWING GOOSE-STEPPING TROOPS 02:38:55 - CU NEWS HEADLINE "RUSSO-GERMAN PACT SIGNED!" 02:38:58 - MONTAGE RUSSIA'S MOLOTOV & GERMAN VON RIBBENTROPH MEET IN MOSCOW 02:39:38 - CU BURNING EUROPEAN MAP DESCRIBES TURMOIL 02:39:39 - AERIAL GERMAN DIVE BOMBER ATTACKS IN POLAND 02:39:55 - MONTAGE GERMAN TWO-MAN MOTORCYCLES ENTER VILLAGE WAR BEGUN 02:40:20 - MONTAGE BOMBS FALLING ON CITIES, BUILDINGS FALLING, ETC. 02:41:15 - CU CHART SHOWS DRAMATIC INCREASE IN AAF BY END OF 1939 02:41:40 - MONTAGE GERMAN TROOPS MARCH IN DENMARK, THEN NORWAY 02:41:53 - MONTAGE GERMAN BOMBERS DROP BOMBS 02:41:59 - LS WINDMILL IN HOLLAND GERMANS ATTACK HOLLAND, THEN BELGIUM AND FRANCE 02:42:00 - MONTAGE GERMAN BOMBERS, TANKS, ARTILLERY IN ACTION 02:43:15 - MONTAGE BUILDINGS FALLING, CITIES IN FLAMES, ETC. 02:43:23 - MONTAGE BRITISH TROOPS ON BEACH AT DUNKIRK UNDER ATTACK 02:43:29 - MONTAGE BRITISH TROOPS PILE ONTO SHIPS OF ALL KINDS TO EVACUATE 02:43:36 - MS GERMAN TROOPS MARCH UNDER ARC DE TRIOMPHE IN PARIS 02:44:04 - CU CHART SHOWS DRAMATIC INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR AAF IN 1940, 1941 02:44:21 - MS VINTAGE US WARSHIP IN 1940 02:44:29 - MS US CIVILIAN RECRUITS MARCH TO CAMP 02:44:37 - MONTAGE HITLER & JAPANESE MEET & FORM AXIS 1940 02:44:53 - CU CHART SHOWS CONTINUED INCREASE IN ARMY AIR FORCE 02:45:38 - MONTAGE MASSIVE EXPLOSIONS IN ENGLAND FROM BOMBING 02:46:05 - CU CHART SHOWS FURTHER STRENGTH INCREASE BY MAY 1941 02:46:51 - MONTAGE GERMAN TANKS, CANNON & PLANES FIRE ON RUSSIA 02:47:35 - CU CHARTS SHOW ADDED MONEY EXPENDITURES & AIR GROUPS 02:49:18 - LS BOMB EXPLODES ON WARSHIP IN PEARL HARBOR DECEMBER 7, 1941 02:49:23 - CU JAPANESE AIRPLANE IN AIR DROPS BOMBS ON PEARL HARBOR 02:49:28 - AERIAL BOMBS EXPLODE ON PEARL HARBOR 02:49:41 - MONTAGE GROUND DESTRUCTION AT PEARL HARBOR 02:50:10 - MONTAGE DESTROYED PLANES ON GROUND AT PEARL 02:50:23 - MS FDR DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN 02:50:53 - CHART SHOWS DRAMATIC MONEY EXPENDITURES BY 1942 02:51:21 - MS B-17 TAKES OFF AS NARRATOR EXPLAINS LOGISTICS OF MASSIVE BUILD-UP 02:52:21 - AERIAL GIS HUDDLED TOGETHER ON TROOPSHIP 02:52:36 - MS INDUCTEES BEING SWORN IN 02:52:46 - MONTAGE NEW RECRUITS RECEIVING TRAINING & INSTRUCTIONS 02:52:59 - MONTAGE BUILDINGS BEING CONSTRUCTED FOR TRAINING 02:53:20 - MONTAGE PILOTS & BOMBARDIERS BEING TRAINED 02:54:30 - MONTAGE WACS PARADE AND AT WORK IN AIRFIELD 02:54:55 - MS AIRMAN GETS PAY 02:55:03 - BOMBERS INCLUDING B-29 AT ASSEMBLY PLANT AS NARRATOR EXPLAINS LOGISTIC PROBLEMS 02:55:13 - B-17 PLANES IN AIR 02:55:28 - MONTAGE LARGE CONCENTRATION OF GROUNDED PLANES 02:55:35 - AERIAL US BOMBER HIT BY GUNFIRE AS NARRATOR EXPLAINS NEED FOR REPLACEMENTS 02:55:44 - LS WOUNDED PLANE MAKES CRASH LANDING & TIPS OVER 02:55:47 - MONTAGE DEBRIS OF DESTROYED PLANES 02:56:04 - MONTAGE LONG LINE OF NEW BOMBERS & FIGHTERS 02:56:15 - LS HUGE STOCKPILE OF SPARE PARTS 02:56:51 - PAN HUGE STOCKPILE OF OTHER MATERIALS 02:56:59 - AERIAL HUGE STOCKPILE OF BOMBS 02:57:08 - MONTAGE CLUSTERS OF LARGE BOMBS BEING HOISTED ON SHIP 02:57:29 - MONTAGE HUNDREDS OF GASOLINE CANS BEING FILLED BY HAND 02:57:55 - MS HIGH OCTANE GAS TANKER TRUCK 02:58:32 - CU CHART SHOWS FURTHER INCREASE OF AIR FORCE GROUPS BY FEB 1942 02:58:51 - CU GENERAL ARNOLD COMMANDER OF AIR FORCE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1939
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: F-2322v