National Archives WWII: Air War (2006)
Eleven heart pounding WWII films, more than five hours of vintage content in one definitive collection. WWII: Air War contains 11 remarkable documentary films on six DVDs selected by specialists at the National Archives. New recruits attend gunnery training in The Rear Gunner and Memphis Belle follows the final mission of the B-17 bomber. Bomber chronicles the manufacture of one fighting aircraft. Thunderbolts covers the 12th Army Air Forces in Europe in 1944 and 45. In Combat America, Clark Gable narrates a dramatization of the 351st Bomber Group. Expansion to Air Power chronicles the forming the US Army Air Forces (AAF) and Army Air Forces: Pacific shows the AAF in the North Pacific. Air War in Europe features footage of Allied forces executing bombing missions and AAF Report showcases AAF accomplishments in 1943. In The Fight for the Sky,
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Episode 1 - The Rear Gunner
Release Date: 2006-05-06 -
Episode 2 - The Memphis Belle
Release Date: 2006-05-13The Memphis Belle - A story of the flying fortress.
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Episode 3 - Bomber
Release Date: 2006-05-20 -
Episode 4 - Thunderbolt
Release Date: 2006-05-27 -
Episode 5 - Combat America
Release Date: 2006-06-03 -
Episode 6 - Expansion to Air Power
Release Date: 2006-06-10 -
Episode 7 - Army Air Forces Pacific
Release Date: 2006-06-17 -
Episode 8 - Air War in Europe
Release Date: 2006-06-24 -
Episode 9 - AAF Report
Release Date: 2006-07-01 -
Episode 10 - AAF Special Film Project 157
Release Date: 2006-07-08 -
Episode 11 - The Thunderbolts
Release Date: 2006-07-15