The Latest Word: More DoD FOIPA Films

Some Interesting DoD Films, continued


Part 8: World War II Era and Earlier Materials

compiled by Michael Ravnitzky, mikerav@ix.netcom.com

Berlin Bomb Damage - World War II - CLASSIFIED Film Number AAFCFS 3396

Casualties of War - SECRET Film Number WF 49

Disney Film: Victory Through Air Power - de Seversky Film Number USAF 38105

Ball Turret School Film Number AAFCFS 1484

Controlling German Prisoners of War Film Number FB 164

The Baseball Grenade Film Number FB 19212

Oriental Prisoners of War Film Number FB 19239

World War I Footage Film Number USAF 45408

A War Department Report on German Morale Film Number WF 42

Horse Power Film Number EF 172

Military Mountain Climbing Film Number CMC 8-58

Story of German Atrocities at Dachau and Buchenwald, Germany April - May 1945 Film Number USAF 23200

1930 and 1931 Newsreel Film Number USAF 23961

1930-1931 Newsreels Film Number USAF 24084

Army Air Corps News in 1932 Newsreels Film Number USAF 24033

1934 Newsreel Film Number USAF 23962

1935 Newsreel Film Number USAF 23772

1936 Newsreel Film Number USAF 23933

1937 Newsreel Film Number USAF 23771

1937 and 1938 Newsreel Film Number USAF 23837

1938 Newsreel Film Number 23959

1938A Newsreel Film Number USAF 23960

Army Air Corps Newsreel from 1939 Film Number USAF 24032

1940 Newsreel Film Number USAF 24397

1941 Newsreel Film Number USAF 24666

Part 9: Nuclear Powered Aircraft and Missiles

Project Orion - Film Report No. 1 - CLASSIFIED Film Number USAF 27597

Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Program: Manned Aircraft Film Number PIN 20619 DF, Film FR-3A - SECRET

Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Program - manned Aircraft, 1956-1958 - SECRET Film Number PIN 20619 DF, Film FR-3A

Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Orientation Film Number PIN 26172 DF, Film SFP-342A

Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Status Report, 1955 Film Number PIN 26173 DF, Film SFP 3429

The Nuclear Ramjet Program - Pluto, 1963 Film Number FR-0258 - SECRET

Project Pluto - Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion, Eighth Summary Film Report, July-December 1962 Film Number USAF 34537 - SECRET

Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Systems, Fifth Summary Film Report, 1961 Film Number USAF 37438 - SECRET

Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Systems, First Summary Film Report, 1959 Film Number USAF 37487 - SECRET

Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Systems, Second Summary Film Report, 1960 Film Number USAF 37488 - SECRET

Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Systems, Third Summary Film Report, 1960 Film Number USAF 37489 - SECRET

Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Systems, Fourth Summary Film Report, 1960 Film Number USAF 37490 - SECRET

Project Pluto, Sixth Summary Film Report, 1962 Film Number USAF 37491 - SECRET

Project Pluto Seventh Summary Film Report, 1962 Film Number USAF 37492 - SECRET

LASVN2 1964 Annual Report, Low Altitude Supersonic Vehicle Nuclear Film Number USAF 38911 - SECRET

LASV-N1 1963 Progress Report, Low Altitude Supersonic Nuclear Vehicle Film Number USAF 38912 - SECRET

Pluto Ceramic Fule Elements Tory IIC - SECRET Film Number USAF 38914

Nuclear Powered Missile Study Film Number USAF 38918 - SECRET

Project Pluto Nuclear Reactor Fuel Fabrication Film Number USAF 38921 - SECRET

Nuclear Powered Missile Study, Supersonic Low Altitude Missile Film Number USAF 38922 - SECRET

Low Altitude Supersonic Vehicle Nuclear Progress Report Number 2, December 1963 Film Number USAF 38925 - SECRET

Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Program: ROVER, PLUTO, SNAP, Progress Report, 1956-68 Film Number FR-0003-B

Part 10: Classified Film Reports to Congress

The Air Force Reports to Congress - CONFIDENTIAL Film Number FR-0499

Report to the 89th Congress - 1966 - SECRET Film Number FR-0604

Report to the 90th Congress - SECRET Film Number FR-0673

Report to the 90th Congress, Second Session - SECRET Film Number FR-0876

Report to the 91st Congress, First Session - SECRET Film Number FR-1030A

Report to the 91st Congress, Second Session - SECRET Film Number FR-1133

Report to 91st Congress, Second Session - Outtakes Film Number USAF 46338

Part 11: Human Factors Miscellaneous Films

Rocket Sled Runs - Human Subjects Film Number USAF 23250

Radiation Hazard From Flight Through Atomic Clouds Film Number USAF 23311 - CLASSIFIED

Radiation Hazards From Flight Through Atomic Clouds Film Number SFP 446

Combat Fatigue Psychosomatic Disorders Film Number TF 1-8126

Bionics Research Film Number EC-10-65

Experimental Studies of Human Reaction to Impact Forces Film Number PIN 1011536, MN 09124

Sustinance of Man in Aerospace Film Number EC-14-65

Submarine Escape Film Number PIN 1011079 DN, MN 07418-C

Urinary Diversion; Heitz-Boyer Procedure Film Number EC-27-68

Human Tolerance to Intense Heat Film Number EC-34-68

Report on Project Volscon - subject unknown??? Film Number ER-2

Crash Survival Research Film Number ER-3

Project Alpha - CLASSIFIED Film Number ER-9

Explosive Decompression Pulmonary Pathology Film Number ER-16

Physiological Testing - Washout Cadets Film Number USAF 27576

Bio-Science, Studies in Advanced Vehicles Discoverer, Mice Film Number USAF 27691 - CLASSIFIED

RB-66 Rocket Catapult Test and Ejection 22 May - 17 August 1959 - Live Monkey Test Film Number USAF 27573-A

Zero-G - Pigeons in Zero Gravity Film Number USAF 28708

Primate Tolerance - Chimps Film Number USAF 29429

Primate Vibration Tolerance Film Number USAF 36402

Excelsior III - Joseph Kittinger Jump from 103,000 ft, 16 August 1960 Film Number USAF 29448

Human Factors Test Experimental Stress Project Film Number USAF 34359 - SECRET

Physiology of Space - Eating in Zero Gravity Film Number USAF 31296

Effects of Vibration on Human Performance Film Number USAF 31354

Part 12: Atomic Weapons and Warfare

The Atomic Bomb at Sea - SECRET Film Number MF-20-8125

Davy Crockett; Weapons System - CONFIDENTIAL [the Atomic Bazooka] Film Number MF-9-9315

280mm Atomic Artillery Shell - CONFIDENTIAL Film Number TF-38-1842

Fire and Atomic Weapons - CLASSIFIED Film Number USAF 23680

Air Force Rail Transfer System for Handling Special Weapons Film Number USAF 24020

Nuclear Weapons Film Number AVS-8-021

Tactical Employment of Atomic Weapons in Support of Ground Troops Film Number TF-20-1937

The Pentomic Army, 1959, 50 minutes Film Number TF-20-2561

Effect of Atomic Weapons and Troops in the Field Film Number MF-20-8598

A is For Atom Film Number MF-20-8636

Effects of Nuclear Weapons Film Number MF-20-8927

Effects of Fire and Fire-Fighting Agents on Lithium Hydride Film Number USAF 25193 - CLASSIFIED

Air to Air Nuclear Weapons - CLASSIFIED Film Number USAF 25732

Atomic Weapon Cookoff Test Number 2, Aberdeen, MD Jan 1957 Film Number USAF 25801 - CLASSIFIED

The Minuteman III Missile - CLASSIFIED Film Number B-1785

The Minuteman III Missile, Mark XII Animation Film Number B-1857

This is Atlas - Annual Progress Report Film Number USAF 26710 - CLASSIFIED

Existing Nuclear Development Sites and Current Technical Highlights Film Number ER-60 - CLASSIFIED

ICBM-IRBM Special Report, 31 December 1956 Film Number USAF 31570 - CLASSIFIED

IRBM Progress Report 1958 Film Number USAF 34222

Minuteman Re-entry Box Seat, Eniwetok 1964 Film Number USAF 38309 - CLASSIFIED

Minuteman Re-entry Brass Ring, Eniwetok, 1964 Film Number USAF 38310 - CLASSIFIED

Nuclear Effects During SAC Mission - SECRET Film Number PIN 1001858 DF, Film TF1-5363

Non-U.S. NATO ADO Custodian Training - SECRET [giving other countries control of nuclear weapons] Film Number PIN 27636 DF, Film TF 5544

C-130 Nuclear Airlift - SECRET Film Number PIN 10002029 DF, Film 5803

Hydrogen - SECRET PIN 27410 DF, Film TF-1-5147

Strategic System Survival in a Nuclear War - SECRET Film Number PIN 20931, Film FR-1155

Effects of Nuclear Weapons - Target Considerations Film Number PIN 27432, Film TF 1-5220 - CONFIDENTIAL

Techniques for Employment of High Speed Bombers Film Number USAF 25934-B - CONFIDENTIAL

Atomic Demolition, Part 1, T46EZ Flying Device Film Number MA-8872-A - SECRET

Atomic Demolition, Part 4 - SECRET Film Number MA-8872-D

Atomic Demolition, Part 5, 7-4 Munitions Film Number MA-8872-E - SECRET

Delivery of Atomic Depth Bombs - SECRET Film Number PIN 1011408 DN, MN 08846

This is Bullpup - CONFIDENTIAL FILM PIN 1011380 DN, MN 08736A

Regulus I - Tactical Capabilities - CONFIDENTIAL Film Number PIN 1011662 DN, MN 09394

Navy Employment of Atomic Weapons - Controlled Destruction Film Number PIN 1016100 DN, MN 09368 - CONFIDENTIAL

Developments in Nuclear Attack Delivery 1958 - SECRET Film Number AER 9-58

Atomic Bomb at Sea - SECRET Film Number MN 07856

Naval Atomic Weapons Vulnerability Program - SECRET Film Number ORD 9-59

Preparation for Firing 8 Inch Atomic Artillery Shells, Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, Color/Sound Film Number X1-1/9, 052157 - SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA

Modern Navy Weapons - SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA BuOrd, Color/Sound Film Number J12 052159

Atomic Bombs at Sea US Naval Photographic Center Film Number F41-6[19] 070953 - SECRET/RESTRICTED DATA

Part 13: Forecasts and Technology Predictions

New Horizons II, Parts One and Two - SECRET Film Number USAF 49770

Beginning of a New Era - CLASSIFIED Film Number ER 34

Culture Beat - 1975 A.D. - a 1960 film Film Number USAF 28778

Eye in the Sky, Technology for Tomorrow Film Number USAF 31309

Project Second Look - CONFIDENTIAL Film Number FR 0367

Air Force Sword & Shield, 1961-1970 - a 1960 film Film Number FR 0189 - CONFIDENTIAL

Technology Classification - Project Forecast Film Number USAF 49633 - CONFIDENTIAL

Future Strategic Weapons of the Air Force, a 1964 film Film Number USAF 50818 - CONFIDENTIAL

Intelligence Briefing, Soviet Air/ICBM Threat to the U.S., 1959-1963 - SECRET Film Number FR 0059

Probable Soviet Space Development USAF Film Report 61 - SECRET Film Number FR-0200-A

The Difficult and the Impossible, The Air Force Program and the Soviet Threat - SECRET Film Number Illegible

Limited War and Consideration - SECRET Film Number USAF 49629

Project Forecast - Short Version - SECRET Film Number USAF 49634

Air Force 1980 - a 1970 film - SECRET Film Number USAF 49635

General Schriver Forecast - SECRET Film Number USAF 49639

Forecast Close Military Capabilities - SECRET Film Number USAF 49641

New Weapons - SECRET Film Number MN 09037

Part 14: Early Laser Weapons

Laser Effects - Kirtland AFB, NM, 15 Aug. 1972 Film Number USAF 60402 - SECRET

Laser Effects - Kirtland AFB, NM, 6-8 Dec. 1972 Film Number USAF 60402-A - SECRET

Laser Gun - Kirtland AFB, NM, 19 Sept. 1972 Film Number USAF 60403 - SECRET

Flashback - Kirtland AFB, NM, 28 May 1970 Film Number USAF 60404 - SECRET

Laser Briefing Film - Kirtland AFB, NM, March 1973 Film Number USAF 60406 - SECRET

Part 15: Miscellaneous Interesting Films

This is an assortment of unusual or otherwise interesting films that I have located. Some are interesting simply because they remain classified even after many years. Others, while not classified, remain restricted and off limits to the public for no discernable reason. Please note that this is only a very very tiny percentage of all of the films that are available. Although I will soon post instructions on how to obtain complete film lists, please note that the full lists are extremely awkward to use for a number of reasons.

A Century of Army Signals, 1860-1960, A Centennial Message from the Chief Signal Corps Film Number MF-11-9220

Electronic Warfare - CONFIDENTIAL Film Number MF-11-8912

Beyond Tomorrow - The Story of an American Girl Film Number MF-208418

No Fox Hole in the Sky Film Number USAF 20861

Gun Camera Footage of MiG Kills, Korea, march 1953 Film Number USAF 20931

The Jet Story Film Number USAF 21501

Highlights in Research and Development, 1953 & 1954 Film Number USAF 21601

Soviet Bombers, May 1954 - CLASSIFIED Film Number USAF 21858

Candid Shots; Major Murray and Major Yeager Alongside the Bell X-1A Aircraft, Sept. 1954 Film Number USAF 21924

RB-66 Weapons System - CLASSIFIED Film Number USAF 22189

The Falcon Story - CLASSIFIED [missile] Film Number USAF 22902

The Falcon Story - Second Revision - CLASSIFED Film Number USAF 24055

MC-130E Combat Talon Capabilities - CLASSIFIED Film Number AVS-O-146

Project Bird Dog, Edwards AFB, CA - CLASSIFIED Film Number USAF 23397

Military Aid to Libya, July 1956 Film Number USAF 23437

Brass Ring Progress Report Number One, MX-1457 Film Number USAF 23582 - CLASSIFIED

First Flight of YF-105A, Edwards AFB, 22 Oct. 1955 Film Number USAF 23699 - CLASSIFIED

T-37 Accident Film Number AVS-2-384

Introduction to the F-107A Fighter/Bomber Film Number USAF 24012 - CLASSIFED

Weapons System 123A - Goose - 1956 Report Film Number USAF 24110 - CLASSIFIED

Project Hiran Manilla Air Station, South Cay North Danger Island, South China Sea Film Number USAF 24356 - CLASSIFIED

Anti-Jamming Technique - CLASSIFIED Film Number USAF 24457

Electronic Countermeasures Film Number AVS-8-022

Conventional Weapons Film Number AVS-8-024

Soviet Industry - Classified Version Film Number USAF 24871

X-15 High Temperature Structural Testing Film Number USAF 25084 - CLASSIFIED

Phase II Flight Tests of Boeing XB-52, Nov 52 to Mar 53 Film Number USAF 25206 - CLASSIFIED

The Long Range Intercepter Weapon System 202A Film Number USAF 25446 - CLASSIFIED

MiG Kill Film Number CP-56

MiG Kill Film Number CP-57

Soviet Manned Space Flight, Vostok I-VI Film Number EC-20-65 - CLASSIFIED

The Eagles Strength Film Number USAF 26758

Gunship II, 21 August 1967 - CLASSIFIED Film Number EC-11-68

NASA's Project Mercury Film Number USAF 27195

Sierra, The Formosa Series [Project RAND] Film Number USAF 27232 - CLASSIFIED

Operation Eastward Ho, Kadena AF, Okinawa 8-12 December 1958 - CLASSIFIED Film Number USAF 26918

Agencies of Air Power - CLASSIFIED Film Number ER-85

Coronet Brief - Electronic Warfare Threats and Countermeasures - CLASSIFIED Film Number FS-3163

Tactical Electronic Warfare Penetration Aids Film Number FS-3251 - CLASSIFIED

Pigs to the Pacific, Hickam AFB, Hawaii, 18 Jan 1960 Film Number USAF 29360

Dedication of the Los Angeles International Airport 1961 Film Number USAF 31248

Air Police Documentary - 1961 Film Number USAF 31254

Bob Hope Christmas Television Show - 1961 Film Number USAF 31303

The Armored Sky - CLASSIFIED Film Number USAF 31456

Paisley Print, Wright Patterson AFB, OH - CLASSIFIED Film Number SPR 7-73

Highlights of the Hughes Beanstalk Proposal Film Number USAF 43610

Soviet Space Crew Soyuz Training - CLASSIFED Film Number SPR-20-70

Part 16: More Miscellaneous Films

Combat Report - Jap Suicide Attack - WW2 - SECRET Film Number MN-0920-J-1

Combat Report - Kamikazi Attack Film Number MN-09020-J-26

Weather Modification, Number One Film Number WEPS 9-70 - SECRET

Weather Modification, Number Two - D-A-LHL-71-1 Film Number WEPS 1-71 - SECRET

The Use of Forest Fires as a Tactical Weapon, Program 67001 - SECRET Film Number USAF 49611

Biological and Chemical Air-Launched Weapons Film Number PIN 1011718 DN, MN-10309 - CONFIDENTIAL

Hot Hand Project, 16 Dec. 1959 - 21 Dec. 1960 [mid-air pickup of space capsules and reentry vehicles] Film Number USAF 269050

Hot Hand Project - Sentry G Chase - 1958 Film Number USAF 27929

NASA Project Mercury Film Number USAF 27195

Reentry and Recovery; Cool Water II Eniwetok Marshall Islands - 29 Aug. 1963 Film Number USAF 38305 - CLASSIFIED

Survivability Technology Film Number SPR-35-69 - CLASSIFIED

Air Force in Unconventional Warfare - CONFIDENTIAL Film Number PIN 26419 DF, Film SFP-1247

World Wide Airborne Posts Command Film Number PIN 20805 DF, Film FR 840 - SECRET

Low Level Mission Techniques, B-47 - CONFIDENTIAL Film Number PIN 27478 DF, Film TF1-5354-A

Commando Unit V - SECRET Film Number PIN 20953 DF, Film FR 1246

BMEWS Mission - Men of the Top - SECRET Film Number PIN 27745 DF, Film TF 5746

American Space Defense - SECRET Film Number PIN 1002065 DF, Film TF 6041

Annual Guided Missile Review - SECRET Film Number PIN 20621, Film FR-34

Strategic Air Command Film Report No. 4: How Combat Target Information is Obtained and Developed Film Number PIN 1000431 DF, Film FR-198 - SECRET

Soviet Concepts and Capabilities for Theatre War in Europe - SECRET Film Number USAF 49960

High Altitude Intercepts - ADC Tactical Report #4 Film Number FR-0223

SAC [Strategic Air Command] and the Cuban Crisis Film Number FR-0351

ADC and the Cuban Crisis Film Number FR-0361

USAF Gunship Operations - CLASSIFIED Film Number PS 181-1/C

*Ralph*/Meteorites/Antarctica Film Number 55661

Ampex: Television Backpack Film Number PS 660-C

F-14 Tomcat Briefing August 1973 w/cartoons Film Number RG343.0055 - CLASSIFIED

Operation Party Line - ECM Support Aircraft Protection for Bombers - CONFIDENTIAL Film Number PIN 1001547 DF, Film SFP-0549

Guided Missiles - A Film Report - 1947 - CONFIDENTIAL Film Number MN-09152

Canadian Arctic Operation - 1947 - CONFIDENTIAL Film Number PIN 1010924 DN, MN-06666

Strike Footage - Vietnam - CONFIDENTIAL Film Number 53806

Strike Footage - Vietnam - CONFIDENTIAL Film Number 53807

Swimmer Sapper Defense, PFCCG Project 073-70 Film Number 1591-X - CONFIDENTIAL

Hamlin Submurgical Amphibian - CONFIDENTIAL Film Number 379-X

Homemade Incindiary Devices - DA-PHH-05-71 Film Number WEPS 5-71

The Untold Story - SECRET Film Number MN 05836

The F9F-6 Cougar Familiarization - Flight Ops Film Number PIN 1011162 DN, MN-08045-F - CONFIDENTIAL

Operation Aesop - Guided Missile - SECRET Film Number PIN 1011232 DN, MN-08215-A

Airship Ground Handling Film Number PIN 1011233 DN, MN-08219

Air Towed Sonar From Airships - 1954 - CONFIDENTIAL Film Number MN-08059

FJ-4B Aircraft Familiarization - CONFIDENTIAL Film Number PIN 1011377 DN, MN 08660

Submarine Service UDT - Maneuvers - CONFIDENTIAL Film Number PIN 1011551 DN, MN-09162

Air-Intercept Missiles - AIM-9C, AIM-9D, Sidewinder 1C Film Number PIN 1011713 DN, MN-09996-A - CONFIDENTIAL

American Space Defense - SECRET Film Number PIN 1002065 DF, Film TF-6041

F-111 Weapon System Defensive Tactics - SECRET Film Number PIN 27931 DF, Film TF 6173-E

Interceptor Armament Employment - Weapons Characteristics Film Number PIN 27966 DF, Film TF 6266 - CONFIDENTIAL

Igloo White [airdropped jungle listening microphone sensors in Southeast Asia] Film Numbers 71-VBP-PB-2119, 71-VBP-PB-2120, 71-VBP-PB-2121 and 71-VBP-PB-2128

Igloo White - CONFIDENTIAL Film Number PIN 21026, FRV-1270

E-3A AWACS Orientation - SECRET Film Number PIN 39324, AVA 0817

Spacepower, October 1966 - CONFIDENTIAL Film Number FR-0676-B

The Holloman [AFB] Story - CONFIDENTIAL Film Number SFP-367

Spread Eagle - CONFIDENTIAL Film Number USAF 32876

Radar Camouflage of a Jet Aircraft - CONFIDENTIAL Film Number USAF 34280

Operation Bowling Ball - CONFIDENTIAL Film Number USAF 36932

Annual Activities Report 1966 - Foreign Technology - SECRET Film Number USAF FR-0699

Air Force Systems Command Annual Activities Report, Foreign Technology - SECRET Film Number FR-0786-A

Mission North - SECRET Film Number Illegible

OPFRAG - Stick Candy - PROJECT Film Number Illegible

Project Genie - SECRET Film Number USAF 27976

Operation Mantrac - SECRET Film Number USAF 33788

Operation Blue Banner - SECRET Film Number USAF 34202-A

Manned Orbital Laboratory Pressure Suit Evaluation, Outtakes [military space station program] Film Number USAF 42108 - SECRET

The BMEWS Mission, Men or the Tor Thule AFB, Greenland, April/May 1966 - SECRET [when the nuclear accident happened?] Film Number USAF 42671

Active Tiger - SECRET Film Number USAF 39479

TIPI-WS/428A - Tactical Intelligence Processing and Interpreting, Langley AFB, VA April 1970 Film Number USAF 48011-A - SECRET

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