1. Home
  2. Library Collections
  3. Audiovisual Materials Collection
  4. The Air Force Story, Chapter VIII: The Drawing of the Battle Lines, December 8, 1941-April 18, 1942

Motion Picture MP92-5

The Air Force Story, Chapter VIII: The Drawing of the Battle Lines, December 8, 1941-April 18, 1942

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
450 feet
Running Time
13 minutes 34 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
United States Air Force
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

The film includes scenes about the U.S. War Department, the "Flying Tigers," and Colonel Jimmy Doolittle.

Date(s)
1953

SD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are available for $20, and HD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are $50. Copies of motion pictures not already digitized will incur additional costs.

This item does not circulate but reproductions may be purchased.

To request a copy of this item, please contact truman.reference@nara.gov​​​​​​​

Please note that this video belongs to a different video collection than the items available to be borrowed by teachers, from our Education Department.

Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
     
00:41   Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses Congress and declares war.
1:27   Leading the war effort in the War Department: Robert Levitz, George Robert Patterson, Gen. Henry Arnold and staff: Carl Sparks, James Doolittle, Ira Aker, Clay Stantonberg and others.
1:51   Secretary of War Henry Stimson appearance and mention.
2:03   Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Manuel Quezon, President of Philippines, appearance and mention.
2:25   Clark Field bombed despite nine hour warning; fighter pilots Joseph Moore, Grant Mahoney, and Samuel Therritt named.
3:05   Bomber pilots Rosie O’Donnell, Remus and Colin Kelly mentioned.
3:38   Japanese drove allies out of Philippines.
3:50   United States concentrated strength on Australia.
4:05   Gen. Ralph Royce and Maj. Gen. George H. Brett tour and inspect Australia by air.
4:32   American volunteer group in Asia; Claire Chennault, special advisor to China and eighty-four airmen make up the "Flying Tigers"; the only airmen in China; Tex Hill, George Berkhart, and Robert Smith pictured and mentioned.
7:31   Training of troops for global war.
13:04   Col. Jimmy Doolittle appearance and mentioned.