Empires of Industry War Planes of World War II (2005)

World War II turned the American aviation industry into a huge hightech giant The war spurred the production of more than 300000 warplanes among them some of the greatest planes of all time the C47 transport the Goony Bird the rugged B17 Flying Fortress the B24 Liberator massproduced by Ford on the worlds longest assembly line the P51 Mustang the greatest propdriven fighter and the scrappy Grumman Iron Works output Wildcats and Hellcats that leapt from the decks of US aircraft carriers to maul the Japanese air force This program includes modern footage of restored aircraft and history footage from factory floor to milehigh dogfights capturing the urgency and adrenaline of World War II