" SALUTE TO THE LADIES " WOMEN AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS WASPS & WOMENS AUXILIARY AIR CORPS 84294

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This late 1940s, black and white film reviews the many accomplishments of the women of World War II, including members of the WASPS and WAACS, nurses, file clerks and auxiliaries as well as others who contributed in supporting the war effort. The movie primarily focuses on the WAACS, The Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps, and the WASPS, Women Airforce Service Pilots. The United States Air Force presents, “Salute to the Ladies”. The movie opens in downtown USA. Teenagers sit at the lunch counter. A paperboy tosses a newspaper onto the porch of a suburban home. People exit from church. A woman gets her hair done in a salon. A baseball game is played. Ladies watch a squadron of planes go overhead, not worried now that war is over. War planes in combat 2:05. Lady is an airline hostess 2:25. Woman attends air evacuation school at Bowman Field, Kentucky 2:45. Plane takes off from the runway 2:55. Women jump off a diving board for training 3:10. Women dive into the water with coveralls that inflate 3:20. Women’s tent camp 3:35. A plane is cleaned and converted for flight 3:57. Lady checks condition of patients as part of training 4:18. Ladies come into their quarters and spend free time; at 4:35 a Golliwog doll is shown. Woman feeds small pig 5:00. Ladies enjoy dinner 5:12. Nurses in the Philippines return home 5:25. The ladies are awarded with medals of honor 6:00. Lady lays in bed and reads about WAACS. The Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps 6:13. Women learn about plane engines 6:30. Women underneath the engine of an airplane 6:45. Women practice various manual skills for the Corps. 7:08. The women are reviewed on the tarmac 7:23. Women boarding a ship and heading to Hawaii 7:55. The women march in unison 8:00. Paperwork is filed and typing is done 8:23. General Claire Lee Chennault entertains the ladies 8:46 at Eastern Air Command in the CBI Theater. The women visit the Orient 9:05. The women talk to the locals in India 9:27. The women play a game of baseball 9:38. The women live under field conditions 9:57. Women try and relax during their off time 10:08. Women participate in a swimming meet 10:26. General James Doolittle makes a speech 10:38. The women stand at attention and listen to General James Doolittle 11:12. General Henry Arnold speaks to recruits for the WASPS or Women Airforce Service Pilots 11:46. Avenger Field. The women do calisthenics and various exercises 12:20. Women study engines in the classroom 12:35. The women throw a friend in a fountain after she successfully solos a flight 12:50. Link trainers. Women board a T-6 Texan aircraft and take off from the tarmac for solo flight 13:24. The women take final exams 13:51. General Henry Arnold speaks to the pilots 14:09. The women of the Air Corps sing a song 14:30. The women proudly receive their wings from General Henry Arnold 15:28. The women rush out to get Jacqueline Cochran’s autograph 15:31. Women throw pennies into the wishing well 15:43. The women leave Base Operations and board their plans 15:52. Women working in factories helping build the greatest Air Force in the world 16:10. A squadron of planes fly over as ladies look on 17:00. People enter and leave voting booths 17:30. Women working in an airplane factory 17:45. A squadron of planes flies overhead 17:50. Salute to the Ladies. The Women's Army Corps (WAC) was the women's branch of the United States Army. It was created as an auxiliary unit, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) on 15 May 1942 by Public Law 554 and converted to an active duty status in the Army of the United States as the WAC on 1 July 1943. Its first director was Oveta Culp Hobby, a prominent woman in Texas society. The WAC was disbanded in 1978, and all units were integrated with male units.

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