Tag: Army Air Forces

Spotlight on 342-C: Color Photographs of U.S. Air Force Activities, Facilities, and Personnel, Domestic and Foreign, ca. 1940–ca. 1980

by Kaitlyn Crain Enriquez, posted in Military, Photographs, Still Pictures, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army Air Corps

342-C is a series of photographs comprised of color transparencies, slides, and negatives that document the activities of the U.S. Air Force and predecessor agencies, including the Army Air Forces (AAF). The images in 342-C heavily cover periods of war from World War II, through Korea, to the Vietnam war. However, there is also documentation of … Continue reading Spotlight on 342-C: Color Photographs of U.S. Air Force Activities, Facilities, and Personnel, Domestic and Foreign, ca. 1940–ca. 1980

Summer Road Trip: Albuquerque to Las Vegas

by chucik, posted in Aerial Photography, Archives, Films, Military, Motion Pictures, Photographs, Summer Road Trip 2019, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army Air Corps, Uncategorized

Entering: Albuquerque, New Mexico This post was co-written by Kevin Quinn and Caitlin Hucik As we leave Texas and the Boll Weevils in our rear-view, we continue our journey through the Southwest with a stop in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We enter Albuquerque through Record Groups 18-AA: "Airscapes" of American and Foreign Areas, 1917 – 1964; … Continue reading Summer Road Trip: Albuquerque to Las Vegas

Memphis Belle: The 75th Anniversary of the 25th Mission

by US National Archives, posted in Motion Pictures

This post was written by Criss Kovac. Criss is the supervisor of the Motion Picture Preservation Lab. The statistics were overwhelmingly against them.  With a million German troops and 40,000 anti-aircraft guns waiting the odds were roughly 50-50 they’d make it home alive.  Completing 25 bombing runs lowered those odds to less than 25%.  Not to … Continue reading Memphis Belle: The 75th Anniversary of the 25th Mission

Louis Zamperini: The Story of a True American Hero

by Richard Green, posted in Digitization, Photographs

For forty-seven days Louis Zamperini drifted idly in the Pacific Ocean.  Armed with a few small tins of drinking water, a flare gun, some fishing line, and a couple of Hershey D-Ration candy bars, Zamperini and two other soldiers struggled to stay alive.  Their struggle was exacerbated by vicious sharks, blistering heat, treacherous swells, and … Continue reading Louis Zamperini: The Story of a True American Hero

The Reel Catch-22, Part 3: The War Diaries

by US National Archives, posted in Military, Motion Pictures

Today’s post was written by Burton Blume, a brand consultant/creative strategist based in Tokyo, Japan. He contacted us last year when we featured footage shot by his father, Lt. Wilbur T. Blume. In part one of this series of posts, Blume traced his father’s story up to when Lt. Blume was assigned the task of producing a film about the … Continue reading The Reel Catch-22, Part 3: The War Diaries

The Reel Catch-22, Pt. 2: Joseph Heller and Training During Combat

by US National Archives, posted in Military, Motion Pictures

Today’s post was written by Burton Blume, a brand consultant/creative strategist based in Tokyo, Japan. He contacted us last year when we featured footage shot by his father, Lt. Wilbur T. Blume. In part one of this series of posts, Blume traced his father's story up to when Lt. Blume was assigned the task of producing a film about … Continue reading The Reel Catch-22, Pt. 2: Joseph Heller and Training During Combat

The Reel Catch-22, Part 1: Lt. Wilbur T. Blume, Combat Cameraman

by US National Archives, posted in Military, Motion Pictures

Today's post was written by Burton Blume, a brand consultant/creative strategist based in Tokyo, Japan. He contacted us last year when we featured footage shot by his father, Lt. Wilbur T. Blume. We were intrigued by additional information Burton Blume was able to add to previously unexamined motion picture records. In this series of posts, Burton Blume relates stories of … Continue reading The Reel Catch-22, Part 1: Lt. Wilbur T. Blume, Combat Cameraman

Corsican Kids Christmas Party With the 57th Bomb Wing 1944

by US National Archives, posted in Maps, Motion Pictures, Preservation, Reference

This post was written by guest blogger Carrie Goeringer. On December 23, 1944, weather on the island of Corsica was bleak and dreary, as it had been for most of the winter. Many of the children who lived on the island had never known a real Christmas because of the ongoing Second World War.  So, the … Continue reading Corsican Kids Christmas Party With the 57th Bomb Wing 1944