Product Details

• Producers: U.S. Army Air Forces, Bureau of Motion Pictures U.S. Office of War Information
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Quality Information Publishers, Inc.
• Run Time: 70 minutes
• ASIN: B000J33P9G
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #185,342 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Historic WWII Films Collection: Aviation Films This historic film collection has all the best aviation films from the WWII era. There is copious amounts of footage of many different types of planes in many different types of wartime situations. See how a plane is built and then learn how to fly! This one-of-a-kind selection has the most valuable aviation documentation from 1942-1946. Running time 70 minutes. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Birth of the B-29 (1945) - 21 minutes running time - This film has the best factory tour of the B-29 production facilities during this period. Watch exactly how the B-29 was built! D-Day Minus One (1945) - 17 minutes running time - This film is all about the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Division during the 1944 invasion of France. Mission Accomplished: The Story of the Flying Fortress (1942) - 11 minutes running time - A group of fearless B-17 planes bomb Europe in this classic WWII film. Great flying footage too! Special Delivery (1946) - 12 minutes running time - A lot of information and footage of planes can be found in this film, as well as a great overview of the Bikini Atomic Bomb tests. Target Invisible (1945) - 9 minutes running time - This classic movie produced by the U.S. Army shows how a B-29 plane utilized radar bombing against Japan in World War II.