USAAF Early Development: Army Air Corps to USAAF Stories & Testing - DVD
Film 1: Chapters 1 to 4. Starts with the film In the Beginning 1900-1917. 2nd chapter After the War 1917-1923. 3rd chapter Struggle for Recognition 1923 -1930. 4th chapter Between Two Wars 1930-1935.
2nd Film: Chapters 5 to 7. 5th chapter Air Power Advances 1935-1937. 6th chapter Prelude to War 1937-1939 7th chapter The Air War Starts 1939-Dec 7th 1941.
3rd Film: Army Air Forces - Alerts. Follows the US Army Air Forces work development and testing of aircraft. Includes early helicopters superchargers radio life-rafts Waco Gliders and Hap Arnold address.
4th Film: The Douglas Monstrous B-19. One of the largest aircraft bomber ever made was the Douglas B-19. Although it was obsolete once completed the Army used it as a test platform for new bombers to come. Very rare footage.
5th Film: 1940 B-10 B-17 and B-18 Squadron Trip. Pre WW2 Army Air Corps bombers made training flight around the country and world. A small collection of the Martin B-10 The Douglas B-18 trip to the Navajo Country and the B-17 trip to Hawaii and New Zealand.
6th Film: USAAF Test Newsreels. Now the USAAF the Army went into testing training and flying new aircraft. America was preparing for war.
Features
- Total run time of over 2 hours and 30 minutes
- 6 different short films on one DVD
Film 1: Chapters 1 to 4. Starts with the film In the Beginning 1900-1917. 2nd chapter After the War 1917-1923. 3rd chapter Struggle for Recognition 1923 -1930. 4th chapter Between Two Wars 1930-1935.
2nd Film: Chapters 5 to 7. 5th chapter Air Power Advances 1935-1937. 6th chapter Prelude to War 1937-1939 7th chapter The Air War Starts 1939-Dec 7th 1941.
3rd Film: Army Air Forces - Alerts. Follows the US Army Air Forces work development and testing of aircraft. Includes early helicopters superchargers radio life-rafts Waco Gliders and Hap Arnold address.
4th Film: The Douglas Monstrous B-19. One of the largest aircraft bomber ever made was the Douglas B-19. Although it was obsolete once completed the Army used it as a test platform for new bombers to come. Very rare footage.
5th Film: 1940 B-10 B-17 and B-18 Squadron Trip. Pre WW2 Army Air Corps bombers made training flight around the country and world. A small collection of the Martin B-10 The Douglas B-18 trip to the Navajo Country and the B-17 trip to Hawaii and New Zealand.
6th Film: USAAF Test Newsreels. Now the USAAF the Army went into testing training and flying new aircraft. America was preparing for war.
