The Marine Corps Hymn - COLOR.  3 minutes.

CWD #1 - 11 October 1943 - Bombing of Rekata Bay, building of Kahili airdrome, bombing of Buka airdrome, Italian flyers change sides, bombing of Iserna and Pratica De Mare, Italy; raids on Wewak.  CWD #2 - 18 October 1943 - Missions over enemy territory, Beauvais and St. Pol, France, Ghent, Belgium, Attu B-24 Liberator wrecked, bombers over Italy, Amantea bridge, Crotone RR yards, Catanzaro, Corleta, Salerno, raid on Potenza, Brenner Pass, Trento, Castel Nuovo, Bolzano, Fifth Army lands at Salerno, airstrip built in 24 hours, P-38 Lightning crash.  CWD #3 - 25 October 1943  - Bombing of Beaumont Le Roger airdromes, France, Stuttgart, Germany.  German fighters down B-17 Flying Fortress, Japanese bombers damage Kunming air base, bombing Nassau Bay New Guinea, Guadalcanal.  Fighter escort.  CWD #4 - 1 November 1943 - Haiphong bombing, Berlin Sleeper, B-25 Mitchell group to Italy, First bombing of Axis airfields in Greece, Vella Lavella in Solomons chain, Hansa Bay, Wewak crash.  CWD #5 - 8 November 1943 - Bridge construction Esprito Santo, Flak damage over Frankfurt, New turret gun trainer.  BONUS:  Flight Characteristics of the P-38 Lightning - 35-minute color wartime film to aid young flyers in getting up to speed on the sleek Lightning.  DISC ONE NOT NARRATED, RUN TIME 1 hr, 55 min.

CWD #6 - 8 November 1943 - Battle damage and casualties, wet weather moving operations, North Africa, land mine destroys B-17, radar alert Attu, bombing of Ballale and Kahili, mission to Wewak, Nadzab and Lae, New Guinea, gun camera film.  CWD #7 - 22 November 1943 - LIberty ship rescue, crash landing and repair, East India, malaria control, Guadalcanal, Vella Lavella, New Georgia, bombing of Kahili, Bougainville Island, mission to Rabaul.  CWD #8 - 3 December 1943 - Bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong, Indochina, Munda, Armistice Day, Bougainville, Buka, Empress Augusta Bay, gun camera film.  CWD #9 - 17 December 1943 - Bombing of Rangoon, Burma, Fenton Field, Darwin, Australia, Empress Augusta Bay, first snow, Aleutian Islands, Blanche Bay, Rabaul, New Britain, mission to Nauru, Gilberts.  CWD #10 - 24 December 1943 - Adak, Aleutians, bombing of Burma, Sedan, Letapan, Lashio, Bassein, Meza Bridge, 'Twas the night before Christmas, Attu.  BONUS:  Mission Accomplished - Flying Fortress mission over Europe - 11-minute 8th Air Force film.  DISC TWO RUN TIME 1 hr, 46 min.

Our restoration of Pappy Paxton's AVG Flying Tiger film, 1941 - 1942 - Notable personalities shown include Claire V. Chennault, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, Brig Gen Caleb Haynes, Col Robert Scott and photographer G.L. Paxton.

Highlights include:  Central Aircraft Manufacturing Company (CAMCO) office showing people working at desks, and New York skyline as seen from window (CAMCO was hiring agent for Chinese Government).  AVG volunteers outside building. Ship "Jagersfontein" at pier in San Francisco, and American Volunteer Group (AVG) members boarding ship. Scenes aboard "Jagersfontein" showing men and women posing for photos, Alcatraz Prison, wives and relatives on pier, warehouse at Pier 19, group around table, underside of the Golden Gate Bridge, and AVG volunteers with woman. Aloha tower in Honolulu harbor, street scenes and AVG volunteers sightseeing. US flag painted on side of ship. Scenes aboard ship as it leaves Honolulu; also shows Diamond Head.  Japanese liner "Yawata Maru" in harbor. Views of ocean as seen from ship and from auto tour of eastern shore of Oahu, Hawaii. Three AVG volunteers wearing Hawaiian shirts and leis at railing, others of group playing shuffleboard, ping pong, and darts, writing letters and sleeping. King Neptune ceremony (for crossing Equator) aboard ship.

Men splashing around in ship's swimming pool and taking part in King Neptune ceremony, intercut with cruiser and other unidentified ships at sea. British officer and staff at airfield, intercut with Beech 18 and P-40B parked, and P-40Bs taking off. AVG pilots scrambling and P-40Bs taxiing. Street scenes in Rangoon, landmarks include Sule Pagoda Road, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Savoy Restaurant, Silver Grill Club, and harbor. AVG pilots on veranda of building, in dining room and outside the Pawley Hostel in Loi Wing, China. Airfield, P-40B taking off, and man and woman at front of P-40B. Group of AVG pilots looking at decorations awarded by Chinese government. Group of AVG pilots beside P-40B and sitting outside building. AVG pilots scrambling from building and re-entering building, posing for photo at front of P-40B. Chennault and staff posing for photo in front of map of China - Chennault in light uniform. Paxton with another AVG pilot and getting in his car. AVG personnel working in office. Street scenes in Kunming, China. P-40Bs parked near grove of trees.  World famous writer Claire Boothe Luce, there to write an article about the Tigers, and Olga Greenlaw pay a visit. P-40B in flight (color).  Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and Chennault at airport. AVG pilots talking together, Paxton getting out of his car, and pilots in barracks and at airfield intercut with coolies pulling roller to flatten runway. Street scenes in Bombay.  AVG pilots sitting on bench, standing in doorway, shooting craps, and in office. AVG pilots beside C-47 ready to depart for China. Chennault in copilot seat of C-47, and AVG pilots aboard aircraft, also shows rivers, and landing at Kunming. Buildings, street scenes, intercut with Chennault, Brig Gen Haynes, and Col Scott standing together, and AVG pilots relaxing. Airfield with parked C-47s, P-40Bs taking off, Chinese and AVG pilots at airfield and P-40Bs making passes over airfield. Ajax Baumler's P-40B burning, and wreckage of Japanese plane. P-40Bs parked and taking off. AVG pilots, and Japanese prisoner at side of P-40B. Formation of three P-40Bs in flight. Individual shots of three AVG personnel (Schilling, Pechter, Mikkelson). P-40B landing and taxiing in. Chennau1t and AVG pilots at side of P-40B. P-40Bs being fueled. AVG personnel lined up to get mail.  BW 50 minutes.

United Newsreels 1941 - 1942 - The Flying Tigers in the newsreels of the time.  BW 6 minutes.

Flying Tigers China - July 1942.  Coverage of AAF activities in China.  Induction of American Volunteer Group into China Air Task Force, 23rd Fighter Group.  Includes scenes of Generals Stillwell and Chennault and Colonel Robert L. Scott, later author of "God is My Co-Pilot".  Color 5 minutes.

Fourteenth Air Force Alerts - 20 March 1944.  Kunming, China.  Pilots of 23rd Fighter Group, 16th Fighter Squadron scramble to their P-40s.  BW 13 minutes.