THEY FLY THE ALEUTIANS
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Series: Army/Navy Screen Magazine
Year Published: 1940s
Description: The film newsreel from the Army/Navy Screen Magazine series features two main segments. The first segment, "They Fly the Aleutians," highlights air crew activities in the Andreanofs Islands, focusing on B-24 Liberators and B-17 Flying Fortresses preparing for bombing missions against Japanese-held Kiska and Attu. It includes scenes of maintenance, takeoff, gunners strafing enemy ships, bomb drops, and post-mission debriefing. The second segment, "Confidential Report to Adolph," humorously introduces the OQ-2 Radioplane, the first mass-produced drone in the U.S., and mentions its successor, the OQ-3, which became the most widely used target aircraft during World War II. **Keywords:** Army/Navy Screen Magazine, film newsreel, They Fly the Aleutians, air crews, Andreanofs Islands, B-24 Liberators, B-17 Flying Fortresses, bombing mission, Kiska, Attu, Radioplane drones, OQ-2, UAV, OQ-3, World War II.
Complete Record: The film newsreel from the Army/Navy Screen Magazine series features two main segments. The first segment, "They Fly the Aleutians," highlights air crew activities in the Andreanofs Islands, focusing on B-24 Liberators and B-17 Flying Fortresses preparing for bombing missions against Japanese-held Kiska and Attu. It includes scenes of maintenance, takeoff, gunners strafing enemy ships, bomb drops, and post-mission debriefing. The second segment, "Confidential Report to Adolph," humorously introduces the OQ-2 Radioplane, the first mass-produced drone in the U.S., and mentions its successor, the OQ-3, which became the most widely used target aircraft during World War II. **Keywords:** Army/Navy Screen Magazine, film newsreel, They Fly the Aleutians, air crews, Andreanofs Islands, B-24 Liberators, B-17 Flying Fortresses, bombing mission, Kiska, Attu, Radioplane drones, OQ-2, UAV, OQ-3, World War II.
Transcription
hello North Africa this is the utions calling it doesn't look like much of anything up here but while you've been pounding those Germans and Italians we've been plenty busy with the jeets our outfit is on the andreanof group of the utions halfway between Dutch Harbor and kisson the Airfield puts our planes within fighter range of Kisa and easy bomber range of ATU farther West and here are the bombers liberators and flying fortresses the air arm of the United States forces and the uans they're loading up to give the Jeffs a little talking to in the only language they understand our Flyers are veterans now experienced in flying through some of the worst weather on Earth in an hour they'll be over held territory giving their bomb sites a welcome workout in the demolution Dawn one plane after another fills with its fighting [Music] crewmen all set let's [Music] go above almost always those PE sup PL [Music] below Island after island in the uan chain which for years had been charted by innocent looking fishing boats approaching the island of Kisa machine Gunners are on the alert for Action an Neese warship is spotted without breaking from their course our Gunners strafe the deck [Music] bomb Baye open silently on [Music] command and here go American bombs hurtling toward the jab base at Kisa several destructive fires are [Music] started another load recorded by slow motion camera drops toward the enemy below this is getting to be so routine the jeps have written letters of protest to the folks back home with signs of their mission blazing behind them the American air fleet Wings over and heads for home un on the uan at the dawn a fleet of United States B17 and B24 bombers took off from an advanced delusion base with Japanese installations and G's objective scattered enemy fire was encountered one Japanese warship straight high explosive and demolition bombs were dropped with success on objectives and several fires were observed all attacking planes returned safely to their base back home to the little patch of mud called fireplace with new notches on our guns but we'll be out again tomorrow a lot of tomorrows Paving the way for Action which will include us in the uans you in North Africa and other American forces throughout the [Music] world dear adol it is giving here in America with more ey kindly informed the gapo we need more spies immediately F on that FBI you think this is bad news here is even worse take a look at this flying machine see how it swoops nice and graceful like it was an eagle in the sky a eagle with a load of bus for to and maybe even this Gard f is lo here is with an airplane with umbrella with a parachute surprise Al she is a toy she is a miniature she is something these ridiculous Americans use for training an anti-aircraft in here they made them and each model is a perfect reproduction of a big [Music] machine that's the antenna but connects with a radio on the ground where some D cup controls her now look see a parachute so she could come down when she a [Music] shot look how he puts the parachute on the plane they are very careful people these YY Doodles everything here is in bunches here when they make one they make a lot count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 oh this is very discouraging now comes the interes part this is the Catapult that shoots the little baby playing in the sky this army officer makes for the box and controls the whole works for the radio don't ask me how ad [Music] now watch wait wait wait for the crash uhuh it didn't crash [Music] a season Craig ad Al take a look on these bing bang guns and take a look on how these men are Tred they're going to try to shoot down the little plane maybe they wouldn't hit it I guess I was wrong ad they he it [Music] oh my F this is not appetizing for the meas bits and the V why don't we do something
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