November 11, 1956 • 30m
The work of the United States Air Force Combat Operations Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and of radar stations, fighter-int...Read more
November 18, 1956 • 30m
Co-narrated by Eddie Rickenbacker, World War I flying ace and owner of Eastern Air Lines. The history of the airplane from its inv...Read more
November 25, 1956 • 30m
The rise of the German Luftwaffe, told with the use of German film captured during World War II.
December 2, 1956 • 30m
The story of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, which brought the United States into World War II. ...Read more
December 9, 1956 • 30m
Co-narrated by Michael Redgrave. The story of the World War II Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940, in which the British Royal...Read more
December 16, 1956 • 30m
How the British Royal Air Force mounted a counterattack against Nazi Germany during World War II even while the United Kingdom was...Read more
December 23, 1956 • 30m
Co-narrated by Art Carney. A look at aviation during the 1920s, including stunt flying, wing walking, and barnstorming.
December 30, 1956 • 30m
Lieutenant General James Doolittle hosts the episode, which covers major events of the 1930s: the Great Depression in the United S...Read more
January 6, 1957 • 30m
The United States Army Air Forces bomb oil refineries around Ploești, Romania, as part of the oil campaign of World War II.
January 13, 1957 • 30m
U.S. Army Air Forces bombers attack Schweinfurt, Germany, in an attempt to cripple the German ball bearing industry during World War II.
January 20, 1957 • 30m
The story of the U.S. Army Air Forces North American P-51 Mustang, the high-performance long-range fighter that played the major r...Read more
January 27, 1957 • 30m
At the outset of the Pacific campaign of World War II, Japanese forces sweep through the Philippines, British Malaya, Singapore, a...Read more
February 3, 1957 • 30m
Allied and Japanese forces fight in the New Guinea campaign and the Battle of the Bismarck Sea during World War II.
February 10, 1957 • 30m
In the spring of 1944 during the Italian campaign of World War II, Allied air forces interdict German supply lines in Italy in Ope...Read more
February 17, 1957 • 30m
In late 1943 and early 1944, United States Navy aircraft carriers go on the offensive against the Japanese during the Pacific camp...Read more
February 24, 1957 • 30m
To secure bases for U.S. Army Air Forces Boeing B-29 Superfortress strategic bombers within range of the Japanese Home Islands, U....Read more
March 3, 1957 • 30m
The story of air power's role in the destruction of the German 7th Army in France in the summer of 1944 in World War II′s Operatio...Read more
March 10, 1957 • 30m
In World War II′s Battle of Iwo Jima in February–March 1945, United States Marine Corps forces seize Iwo Jima from the Japanese to...Read more
March 17, 1957 • 30m
The last stages of World War II in Europe in the winter and spring of 1945, as Soviet forces capture Berlin, Soviet and Western Al...Read more
March 24, 1957 • 30m
Between October 1944 and August 1945, Japanese aircraft make kamikaze suicide attacks against Allied ships.
March 31, 1957 • 30m
The story of the top-secret production of the U.S. atomic bomb and its use against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ...Read more
April 7, 1957 • 30m
As the Cold War begins after the end of World War II, the Soviet Union institutes the Berlin Blockade of West Berlin, prompting th...Read more
April 14, 1957 • 30m
After the Korean War breaks out in June 1950, United Nations and South Korean forces are pushed back, then regain the initiative a...Read more
April 21, 1957 • 30m
The People's Republic of China intervenes in the Korean War in November 1950 and pushes United Nations forces back, resulting a le...Read more
April 28, 1957 • 30m
The story of the design and testing of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter supersonic interceptor.
May 5, 1957 • 30m
The new concepts of future warfare, in which U.S. and Soviet Air Force planes will carry atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs if a war ...Read more