Public Reel

THE TURBOSUPERCHARGER: MASTER OF THE SKIES

1943 · National Archives and Records Administration (via FedFlix)

Finding US Government work

The record names a federal body as the creating agency: War Department. Army Air Forces. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act).

The record names a federal body as the creating agency. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act). This says nothing about copyright outside the United States, or about music, stock footage or other material the film may incorporate.

Creating body, as recorded
War Department. Army Air Forces
National Archives Identifier
2781 (local identifier 18-AF-123)
Internet Archive item
gov.archives.arc.2781 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

The record

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National Archives and Records Administration THE TURBOSUPERCHARGER: MASTER OF THE SKIES War Department. Army Air Forces. (06/20/1941 - 09/26/1947) ARC Identifier 2781 / Local Identifier 18-AF-123. Army Air Forces training film. On the line maintenance, depot maintenance, and flight operation of the turbosupercharger, using a B-17 for demonstration. Explains basic principles of the induction, exhaust, cooling, control, and lubrication systems. Shows how the pilot operates the controls. General O.P. Echols speaks on the value of high altitude flying and Dr. Sanford A. Moss poses with the Collier Trophy (1941). Includes still pictures of experiments on Pike's Peak. DVD copied by Liz Pruszko.

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