Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. 9/26/1947- (Most Recent)
Series: Special Film Projects Relating to Military Activities, 1947 - ca. 1970
Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2003
Production Date: 1945
Scope & Content (historic): This film, narrated by Ronald Reagan, focuses on the courage and intensive training of the servicemen who trained in the first Negro-manned fighter squadron of World War II at Tuskegee Institute. Scenes show the squadron as they engaged in a dogfight with German ME-110s over Italy, Negro cadets in classes, as they participated in training flights, received physical training; and as a graduating class received wings.
Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RDSM), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone: 301-837-3540, Fax: 301-837-3620, Email: mopix@nara.gov
National Archives Identifier: 63892
Local Identifier: 342-SFP-151
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