1940s U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE FLYING CADETS RECRUITMENT FILM BASIC FLIGHT TRAINING 28604

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This 1940s black and white military recruiting and educational film, Flying Cadets of the U.S. Army Air Corps, was produced by The Material Division, written and directed by Captain John H. Fite, A.S.C. The film opens with a sky full of biplanes and monoplanes (:49-1:03). They may be Stearman, PT-19s, or PT-22s, planes used for training in the early 1940s. The four recruits are dressed in 1940s single- and double-breasted suits, followed in Air Corps uniforms (1:09-1:32). The guys arrive by bus, 1940s cars, and a Pan American Airways System 307 Clipper (2:07-2:15). The “dodos” (cadets who haven’t flown solo) pick up suitcases, bedding and clothing, and make their beds the correct way (2:16-2:56). Cadets pick up parachutes, helmets, and goggles (3:10-3:20). A cadet in his boxers gets a check-up; others get eye exams (3:28-3:44). Cadets learn to drill (3:50-4:30). Cadets wearing parachutes approach PT (primary trainer) aircraft (4:40-4:56). Closeups show the instructor and pilot (5:03-5:54). Cadets sit in a classroom (6:08-6:22). Cadets in parachutes have up-close plane views (6:24-7:07). A cadet solos, followed by the others (7:08-7:35-8:37). The instructor uses a pointer at chalkboard diagrams. Miniature airplanes and controls explain maneuvers (8:47-9:08). Cadets practice maneuvers, including loops (9:14-9:57). Cadets drill in uniform (10:05-10:30). Cadets, wearing 1940s suits and shoes, arrive in 1930s/1940s cars (including a Mercury and 1940 Ford Convertible) to Randolph Field (11:12-12:06). They pick up new uniforms and get shoes, haircuts, photographs, and rifle (12:55-14:21). The sunset flag ceremony is shown (14:25-14:50). The kitchen prepares French fries and steaks; the men sit at tables with tablecloths (14:56-15:55). Cadets drill in flight uniforms, wearing leather flying helmets (16:00-16:22). What may be SNJ Texans make synchronized turns, takeoffs, and landings (17:24-19:25). Cadets in a classroom wear headphones and practice Morse Code, airplane radio use, and weather mapping (19:44-20:25). They study the propeller (20:29-20:46). A line of planes taxi and take off (21:12-21:58). The view behind the pilot is shown as the plane goes through maneuvers (22:00-22:35). Shirtless cadets in shorts exercise and play different sports (22:37-23:23). Closeups of planes in flight (23:50-24:09). “Blowing up the wind sock” gag (24:30-24:39). Rifles are cleaned (25:34-25:52), inspection shown at (26:11-25:25). $75 paychecks are picked up (26:30-26:40). Off base, dressed in suits, cadets dance and talk with women in 1940s dresses (26:42-27:42). Night solo flying is practiced (27:47-28:33). A parade review is before leaving (28:36-30:12). A line of planes stands at Kelly Field (30:17). Cadets get out of a “black Mariah” truck (30:32). An advanced trainer plane and its mechanisms are studied with close-ups and in flight (30:54-31:55). Formation flying uses three model airplanes followed by actual (32:00-32:52). An enclosed Link Trainer is shown in use (32:55-33:19). Formation flying uses six model airplanes followed by actual closeups (33:32-35:00). For trying to land without wheels down, the “DUMB Croix-de-Gear” award is hung around a cadet’s neck (35:06-35:52). The cadets use a compass to make maps (36:00-36:08). A night flight is shown (36:22-36:45). The cadets practice skeet shooting (36:50-37:03). Dressed in flight uniform with parachutes and leather helmets, the four cadets discuss a map (37:08). Cadets take the Oath of Allegiance, receive graduation certificates and wings, kiss pretty women in 1940s dresses and hats, and wear new uniforms (38:40-39:38). A long line of planes taxi and fly (39:41-40:35). A large group of Air Corps men salute the camera (40:41-40:45).
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@thehelluvaparty563 2 года назад

My dad did three years at Randolph as a cadet, graduating as a 2LT in March 45. He took so long because he already received his commercial ticket at age 18. If a pilot went through P-40 transition gunnery training in 43-45, at Randolph, his instructor was a cadet, my father.

@colonial6452 3 года назад

In WW2, over 15,000 USAAF personnel were killed in training and domestic flight accidents. As my dad once told me, "Three a day in Tampa Bay!" He survived the training process and managed to score well enough on exams to be posted to specialized training to become a pathfinder navigator/radar bombardier in the A-26. Was ready to head out to Okinawa to support invasion of Japan when the Bomb dropped and the war ended. Never left the USA.

@robertnegron9706 3 года назад

That’s a lot of people. Shows the danger. Rip.

@jamesevans9007 3 года назад

Triple ace Bud Andersen, in one of the many interviews he has given, commented on the attrition in flight training. He pointed to the government's overriding need to get pilots trained expeditiously at the cost of strict adherence to safety protocols as a cause of many training accidents.

@glennledrew8347 3 года назад

But this film, designed to aid in recruitment, gives the impression that the training is so safe that an entire course could be accident free. Ha!

@JugSouthgate 2 года назад

@@robertnegron9706 15,000 out of how many trained?

@oceanic8424 Год назад

A time when both aircraft, and lives were cheap. : (

@edwardgelsone1012 4 года назад

This was great. My father went thru and carried on to fly P-51’s in Europe, Army of occupation, Korea, Vietnam. I went thru the Army Warrant Officer Program in 1977. I left after 31years if service. The Army Warrant Office Program was long, tedious and challenging. Best thing I ever did. Even met up with more than a few crew Chiefs at Ft Rucker in later years

@h3lld1v3rfilms6 3 года назад

Thank you for your service.

@MattH-wg7ou 2 года назад

Man, I wish the Air Force had a Warrant Officer program! Oh to be able to fly without all the extra officer queep!

@oceanic8424 Год назад

@@MattH-wg7ou Learn French, and try out with the French Navy. They have no college degree requirements for naval aviators. On top of that, all French fixed wing naval aviators do their carrier qualifications in the US with the US Navy.

@MattH-wg7ou Год назад

@@oceanic8424 thats interesting. But Im a Commissioned Rated Officer in the US...dont think the military would take kindly to that haha.

@haroldkaufman9579 Год назад

6×w6 tv by

@vondoomcsquezy 2 месяца назад

This was a very interesting army air corps recruitment film, my uncle went through this same recruitment program and became one of the first hellcat fighter pilots to shoot down a Japanese zero while on the aircraft carrier Belleau Wood in 1943

@briand4000 2 года назад

A year later, they all would be thrown into the grinder of WWII. Such an amazing generation of willpower and commitment.

@russheimerich9512 4 года назад

The planes in this film at 17:24-ish are either BT-9s or BT-14s - an early forerunner of the AT-6/SNJ. AT-6s show up later.

@bluegent7 4 года назад

"Duty, Honor, Country." Vital, beautiful words. Edit: The Constitution, making the most successful country in the world, rings true and great, as well.

@jamesm.taylor6928 4 года назад

I am a Marine Vetran and very proud of that. Nothing exceptional to many maybe but it means a whole lot to me! It literally sickens me to watch the younger generations proudly help out exclaiming America was never hreat, the we are and always have been evil no different than Nazi Germany. It infuriates me to an extreme degree when I watch a poor Jewish couple completely surround be Younger hdealthy big and strong men.dressed head to toe in the SS/SA type of Uniforms that ANTIFA seems to love so much, complete with t as they are cowards. he the face masks to hide begind

@prsearls 4 года назад

A very interesting look at history. My uncle was in the AAF as a flight engineer on B-24's in the Pacific beginning in 1943 (he survived). Those times and aircraft were certainly different although basic flying is still the same. I took instrument training in some of those Link trainers. This was "stick and rudder" flying, pilotage, map reading, dead-reckoning and a lot of other learned skills before computers. Sadly, basic airmanship is being replaced with electronics. I guess I'm "old school."

@bluegent7 4 года назад

True navigation should still be taught. You never know when electronics fail, for several reasons including enemy activity.

@elkabong6429 2 года назад

🎶Up in the air, Junior Birdman, Flying so high off the ground, Is it a bird, plane or Superman? No! It's Junior Birdman upside down.🎶

@jaminova_1969 3 года назад

21:00 "It's a mans world here!" That maybe so, but don't forget the women who built and delivered those war planes!

@MattH-wg7ou 2 года назад

Yep. Division of duties was a successful idea.

@irish89055 Год назад

@@MattH-wg7ou the majority of people building ships and planes were men.. it was great to have the women helping and I believe most of the plane deliveries where female WASP pilots

@tom7601 5 лет назад

Actually, the U.S. Army Air Corps. My dad joined the Army Air Corps in 1940 and saw it become the U.S. Army Air Forces. He got out before it became the U.S. Air Force.

@jaylowry 2 года назад

The U.S. Army Air Corps ceased to exist on June 20, 1941 with the issuance of Army Regulation 95-5. Thereafter, commanders of the numbered Air Forces reported directly to the Chief of the USAAF. Flyers definitely continued to call it the Air Corps long after though.

@overcastfriday81 4 года назад

These Ryans look like little two seat race planes. What a bummer it is to find they're only about as fast as a Cessna 172.

@6StringPassion. 10 месяцев назад

"...the exaltation of that first, swift thrust...the power of the sweaty, throbbing motor seeming to reflect his own desire." Later, when he got home to his wife: "Brace for impact"🤣😂🤣🤣😂

@LarryPeteet 3 года назад

Loyal American Youth! Never heard that before and I am 61 years old! 4 years in USAF

@irish89055 Год назад

Very loyal.....

@billbright1755 3 года назад

Primary trainers had an inverted air cooled 6 cylinder Ranger engine. PT -19.

@evinchester7820 3 года назад

This had to be prior to WWII. The Sam Brown belt was dropped form the uniform around the start of WWII.

@dukecraig2402 2 года назад

Yes, it has to be. The name was changed from United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) to United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in June of 1941, a full 6 months before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Contrary to what a lot of people think it wasn't called the Air Corps during WW2, it was called the United States Army Air Forces, as I pointed out the name was changed six months before America entered the war.

@NoneYaBidness762 3 года назад

Sign me up. Just for the skeet shooting.

@billbright1755 3 года назад

Fairchild P T 19, Vultee B T 13, North American A T 6. Student shows great situational awareness and acrobatic skills,, fighter school. Student shows great communication and command ability,, four engine heavy bomber school. Student has difficulty with fundamental flying skills,, gunner training.

@ronaldfazekas6492 2 года назад

It must have been made before the "Army Air Corps" became the "Army Air Forces" in 1941

@ronaldfazekas6492 2 года назад

Yep--the wing insignia is the pre-1942 model with the red "meatball" in the middle

@ronaldfazekas6492 2 года назад

The basic trainers have bright blue fuselages and bright yellow wings

@skoffco 2 года назад

I think it’s mildly amusing that they show up for training in suits and ties. Nowadays they show up in blue jeans and T-shirts.

@princetchalla2441 4 месяца назад

Cheaper to replace nowadays, and the price of suits has gone up. If it were cheap enough and didn't get soiled so easily I reckon most would keep the suits on nowadays even at work, unless you're messing with oil on the daily

@irish89055 Год назад

I assume the rifle check routine was eliminated during the war for aviators..

@DMBall 4 года назад

"Physically, mentally, and spiritually, it has been among the most profitable 10 weeks they ever will be priveleged to live." But not financially.

@sharidavenport5283 3 года назад

Financially was not the immediate goal, although having all their physical needs met - housing, food, clothing, medical care, even psychological care after a fashion - was certainly a valuable resource for all these young healthy men, plus $75 a month ($1320 in 2019 dollars! Works out to about $304.61 [2019 equivalent] per week to do with whatever they please, as well as to send money back home to the parents/family to help them out. This would only increase as they advanced through the program and up to active service, then with the inevitable increases in rank) especially after living the prior decade in the depths of the Great Depression. The country was still swallowed up by it in many ways, and would be for some time to come. The concept of full nationwide employment wouldn't be fully enjoyed until later 1942. This is certainly a lead up to a much better skill set than they had when they got there, and even if not successful in the primary outcome, these are skills no one could take away from them. Also very valuable.

@j.d.schultzsr.9215 2 года назад

The only financial renumeration was, upon graduation from flight training, they each got a seat on the NY Stock Exchange.

@Trumplican 2 года назад

3:45 what is that rank? 4 chevrons? Was it a US Army Air Core rank?

@migueldelacruz4799 3 года назад

Mark Zuckerberg is a time traveler. 1:28

@irish89055 Год назад

Formation flying wasn't going to come that's soon..

@craigwall9536 4 года назад

Laboratorians?

@irish89055 Год назад

I suspect this is pre-war for the US.. 1940 or 41

@markreeter6227 4 года назад

Five chevrons/no rockers - what rank is that?

@satanofficial3902 4 года назад

Private Corporal Corporal.

@evinchester7820 3 года назад

cadet nco?

@seoceancrosser 3 года назад

Sergeant General

@natejohnston5356 3 года назад

Cadet Technical Sargent in the Civil Air Patrol which is the same organization as in the film

@h3lld1v3rfilms6 3 года назад

Private Sergeant

@nvrbetrwhoohoo3941 10 месяцев назад

There all so skinny. A time before fast food and high fructose corn syrup.

@papabits5721 4 года назад

Did theynallow

@kristytrewheela5638 2 года назад

STIOPP-PLZZ%%%A%

@loririsk 3 года назад

My father was a "Belly Gunner" in WWII. His name was George Louis Hathaway, Sr. www.findagrave.com/memorial/82671391/george-louis-hathaway. That's his gravestone. I wish I could have known him. I was 2 when he died.