Special Delivery (1946)
1946 · Ephemeral film · 12 min
Air power is peace power
- Documentary
Synopsis
The film begins with shots of American bombers flying in formation and the narrator giving the audience a dictionary definition of a "special delivery" and the vital role that air power played in winning the late conflict. He goes on to say that the Air Force can have constructive, as well as destructive uses—several examples are shown of this, including the dropping of food and supplies to remote areas, using B-17s to get serum to Alaska and B-25s to deploy DDT, and using helicopters to rescue the wounded. These are all examples of the peaceful uses of the air power that had been created for war. Various new aircraft are also shown, such as an early jet, and a "flying wing".
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Details
- Released
- 1946-08-03
- Running time
- 12 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Here you go. · Spuzz · 2019-11-27
Interesting film that must've been made 10 seconds after the Bikini Atoll tests (because at the end of the film they were 'going over the results' of it). But really, this film is all about planes! planes! planes! Big ones! Small Ones! Planes that land! Planes that drop! All of this is very entertaining done (especially the montage in the first couple of minutes), The 2nd half of the film does mainly focus on the Bikini Atoll testing, and I felt a great overview. There is another film on the archive, 'Operations Crossroads' that explains it in double the time than it is explained here, but…
