Victory Through Air Power 1942

About this film

Air Force B&W print. National Archives description: "A United Artists/Walt Disney production covering history of aviation from the Wright Brothers first flight to the role of air power in early World War II. Includes speculation on how air power should be used to best advantage against Germany and Japan as formulated by aviator/aircraft designer, Maj Alexander P. de Seversky. (Note: Entire film is animation except for clips of Brig Gen Billy Mitchell and Maj de Seversky speaking.) Reel 1: 1) MCU of Brig Gen Billy Mitchell speaking. 2) Animation depicting historical flights by aviation pioneers such as the Wright Brothers, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Louis Bleriot, C. S. Rolls, Eugene Ely, Cal Rodgers, Charles A. Lindbergh, Wiley Post, Howard Hughes and the crews of the NC-4 and the Douglas World Cruisers. 3) Animation depicting World War I aviation and the advent of the synchronized machine gun and aerial bombardment. 4) Still photographs and animation depicting career of Maj de Seversky and his contribution to aviation. 5) Animation depicting role of aviation as used by Germany in the invasion of France, Norway and Crete, the RAF during the evacuation at Dunkirk and the Battle of Brita…

Directors & creators

Walt Disney Studios

Subjects

WWII, World War II, Air Power -- United States -- History -- 20th Century, World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Caricatures and cartoons, De Seversky, Alexander P. (Alexander Procofieff), 1894-1974, Flights (Aeronautics), World War, 1939-1945, Bombing, Aerial, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American, Walt Disney, Aeronautics, Military -- World War, 1939-1945, Donald Duck, United Artists

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