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Summary: Coverage of the US Army Air Corps during 1941. Shows aerial maneuvers, construction of aircraft in factories, launching of naval vessels, testing of equipment, civil defense drills, Army ground maneuvers in Louisiana, testing of new aircraft, USAAF, RCAF and RAF cadets in training, glider and parachute training, German airborne invasion of Norway, Argentine Independence Day, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, sports and recreation, Lend-Lease to Britain and troops in the Philippines (Photo'd by Universal, Movietone, RKO Pathe and Paramount)

Reel 8: US ARMY AIR FORCES NEWSREEL. 1941. 22': AVIATION. MOVIETONE NEWS. JACK HANEY AND LOWELL THOMAS. ARMY FLIERS PAY TRIBUTE TO FIRST MILITARY PILOT. 25': Retirement ceremonies for Maj. Gen. Frank P. Lahm, first military pilot at Randolph Field, Texas. He was taught to fly by the Wright Brothers, organized the Army Air Corp in 1917 and was first balloon pilot. 82': MAXTON, NORTH CAROLINA. NEWS OF THE DAY. 85': Paratroops bailing out of C-47, descending, striking ground, C-47s landing and crew debarking on air strip. 166': NEW PLANE PLANT OPENS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 169': New Curtiss-Wright factory being opened at Columbus, Ohio, for production of Navy Helldiver bombers. 209': ARMY TESTS FLYING WINGS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 214': Northrop Flying Wing being tested over the Mojave Desert (N-1M) (Taking off & AVs). 251': MITCHEL FIELD, LONG ISLAND. UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 255': Eighty-seven flying cadets receive commissions as second lieutenants in the AF at Mitchel Field. 287': FIRST PICTURES OF JAPANESE ATTACK ON HAWAII. EDMOND REEK AND LOWELL THOMAS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 298': Scenes of damage caused in Waikiki residential area caused by Japanese attack, automobiles and houses hit by shrapnel and bullets, Japanese planes in sky, broken water main and Japanese midget suicide submarine. 475': MITCHEL FIELD, LONG ISLAND. UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 479': Shows 27 Canadian flying cadets at Mitchel Field examining P-40C. 516': HONOLULU, HAWAII, UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL. GRAHAM MCNAMEE. 520': Scenes of wreck of Japanese two-man suicide submarine, San Hosea football team acting as civil guards, Lt. Lewis Sanders and Lt. Philip Rasmeusan who shot down the first Japanese planes during the attack, Lt. Taylor, Lt. George Welch and Lt. Harry Brown who accounted for six Japanese planes. 586': Total footage in reel. Good