RAF Training Films

WW2 Red Army Training Film on the strengths and weakness of teh Arado 332 Cargo / Transport aircraft.

Definitely an interesting aircraft.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iXR5kuN6as

 

I just found a gem... albeit short. (3 Minutes.)

How to fly a Tiger Moth

- name an aircrew member who did NOT learn on this aircraft...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nZoSqPmDR8

A very Aerobatic Trainer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glguX2ia9U0

 

Hawker Tempest V recognition film (5 Minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKq51LdJ-ZU

 

RAF Gun Turret Drills: The Frazer-Nash Turret fitted to Wellington Aircraft (32 Minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZWUKaUx5iU

 

I Should be working can't help watching all these videos. Content like these once classified films give you a window into the world these brave fighting men lived in! I have previously combed through youtube watching WWII training films but some of these were new to me, great stuff! Hope if anyone knows of more they keep posting them.

 

USAAF Ditch at Sea and Live in a Boeing B-17 (43 Minutes.)

“Lt. Reynolds.” played by veteran actor Arthur Kennedy (Lawrence of Arabia), is copilot on a B-17 that ditches at sea.
He's survives by pure luck, but the rest of the crew is lost due to a lack of preparation.
When he gets his own ship, Reynolds vows his crew is thoroughly trained in B-17 ditching. He gives them the straight dope, step by step.
You'll see training on land and in the water on everything from crew preparation, responsibilities, crash positioning, exiting the plane,
emergency supplies, launching & operating dinghies to using an emergency radio, navigating, rations, first aid & a lot more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4xTjvtS5W0

 

USAAF Land and Live in the Jungle for World War 2 Airmen (60 Minutes)

Five crewmen from a stricken B-25 bomber parachute into a dense tropical jungle, many miles from their nearest base.
The dramatic story of how they make it out is fascinating and informative viewing. Four of the crew land together & get just about everything right.
Rather than fighting the jungle, they learn to make use of its many resources.
On the other hand, the planes pilot, Captain Harris, played by Academy Award winning actor Van Heflin, is separated from the others,
panics and does just about everything wrong -- and pays a heavy price for his ignorance.

From their examples, here's just some of what you'll learn: how to use your parachute for everything from making a hammock to catching fish - and more,
avoiding large predators and snakes, treating scrapes & wounds to avoid jungle rot, plants and fruits to use and avoid for food and water,
what fish and animals are safe to eat.
Using Halazone & Atabrine tablets to purify water and fight malaria, setting traps and snares to catch small animals and birds,
dealing with and preventing insect bites, getting rid of leeches, setting up a jungle kitchen and preparing food, building and
piloting a river raft, dealing with crocodiles, building temporary shelters and long term camps, using signal mirrors and fires
to aid search planes, dealing with the local natives and a whole lot more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-rgT6cHtUQ

 

USAAF Training film demonstrating specific techniques for landing B-24 Liberators that have sustained a wide variety of damage in differing conditions, including water landings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acH7fpMz5ig

 

Man-Oh-Man.....I am always Amazed at the Depth and Width of all these training films. Some are "blatant" propaganda, but the vast majority are fielding, staggering amounts of, Info/Instruction for a LARGE amount of:
Vehicles
Aircraft
Watercraft
Weapons
Tactics

It has always been (to me) impressive...all the films that were put together in that 1942-1945 time frame.....dealing with so many technical topics.
LOTS of stuff went to shit after 1945...including war(s).

 

New found respect for the bofors...!