# U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE TECHNICAL COMMAND "KEEP EM FLYING" WWII JOB PLACEMENT FILM 22434

This 1943 U.S. Army Air Force film, Keep ‘Em Flying (T.F. 1-3314), is a short educational film to help new recruits find their place in the Army Air Force’s Technical Training Command. This WWII film details the activities of the men who support the U.S. Army Air Force, from crew chiefs to mechanics to armorers and munitions crew. The film opens with shot of planes flying in the air. An advanced air drone takes off (00:50). The film shows some of the various people who play a role in flight, from mechanics to weather observers. Men climb aboard a bomber (01:12). Plane engines are manufactured at a production facility. An armorer loads machine gun ammo into a plane’s gun (01:54). Men sit at a basic training center after completing their preliminary examination (02:29). A new recruit, Joe, is interviewed to see where his best fit is within the Technical Training Command. The officer goes through the different tracks or schools with Joe. The first is Aircraft Mechanics. Students are given a look at a propeller engine and required tools (09:17). They study a model of a plane and a hydraulic system for operating the landing gear. Students look at wings and flaps (10:28) and how they operate. Several students work on a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (10:39) and a North American B-25. The students work on a motor that sits on a testing block, while others work to move a motor on a combat field. In the next area, Aircraft Metal Workers, viewers see a student drawing blueprints (11:53). Men…

- Kind: Film
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/22434usarmykeepemflying)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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