Product Highlights
USAAF Early Development, a DVD from Campbell Films, compiles six short historical films covering the development of US Army aviation from its origins through the start of World War II.
Features
- Total runtime of over 2 hours and 30 minutes
- 6 short films on one DVD
Film contents
- "In the Beginning" (1900-1917), "After the War" (1917-1923), "Struggle for Recognition" (1923-1930) and "Between Two Wars" (1930-1935)
- "Air Power Advances" (1935-1937), "Prelude to War" (1937-1939) and "The Air War Starts" (1939-December 7, 1941)
- "Army Air Forces - Alerts", covering aircraft testing and development, including early helicopters, superchargers, radio life rafts, Waco gliders and a Hap Arnold address
- "The Douglas Monstrous B-19", on the Douglas XB-19, one of the largest bomber aircraft built at the time and later used as a test platform for newer bombers
- "1940 B-10, B-17 and B-18 Squadron Trip", covering pre-WWII Army Air Corps training flights including a Martin B-10 and Douglas B-18 trip to Navajo country and a B-17 trip to Hawaii and New Zealand
- "USAAF Test Newsreels", covering testing, training and flying of new aircraft as the US prepared for war
