https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/02eebfbe-be04-4881-85f6-4e7072cf57ae Support Our Channel : https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm One of the U.S. Army's special "War Films", this one begins with a segment entitled "All American" focusing on the combat cameramen assembled to document the war in the air, on the ground, and at sea. The film shows Gen. Hap Arnold and the military's movie studios at work, creating training and propaganda films for consumption by the troops and the public. The film also shows footage filled with humor, such as shots of airplane nose art and a man taking a bath in a tub out in the open, as well as grim images of the war including the burial of deceased soldiers in the field. 0:00 Film starts. Soldier cameramen record Army Air Force operations under combat conditions to create records for Washington headquarters. 1:56 - Manpower is shown to be the key to success, featuring the morale and determination of troops in the South Pacific and North Africa. 4:21 - The film credits American production line workers for building aircraft like the P-38 Lightning, providing pilots with reliable equipment. 4:56 - Pursuit pilots in the South Pacific scramble for missions to engage enemy aircraft and escort bombers ."Pursuit Ships" -- showing combat with the Army Air Force, including P-38s flying out of the Aleutians, and scenes in the South Pacific of P-40 pursuit pilots at work taking out Japanese aircraft. 7:52 - Precision daylight bombing raids target German submarine bases, facing heavy flak and earning commendation from Winston Churchill. B-17s are shown raiding continental Europe. A full debriefing of the combat crew of a B-17 is shown, with discussions of the mission. 9:24 - A post-mission interrogation with a bomber crew provides intelligence on enemy fighter attacks and confirms aerial victories. 16:32 - Transport planes such as the C-47 are highlighted for their role in supplying outposts and evacuating wounded soldiers by air. Ambulance planes are shown delivering wounded to hospitals 18:21 - Paratroopers engage in massive movements in North Africa, demonstrating tactics meant for the eventual invasion of axis capitals. 19:18 - The global nature of the war is shown through raids on diverse targets like the Japanese phosphate producer on Nauru. 20:51 - Bombing runs are executed against the Mareth Line, Rabaul, and Kiska as part of the broader strategy to dismantle the axis. 24:49 - Air power leads to the surrender of Pantelleria and supports the invasion of Sicily and the Italian mainland. 26:59 - The film concludes by thanking aircraft workers whose labor supports the mission to restore freedom across the globe. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0n6OnM9Jc8 Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:28:49 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/02eebfbe-be04-4881-85f6-4e7072cf57ae All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.