Making the F6F | Grumman at War (1944)

Grumman at War is an all-colour 1944 promotional film commissioned by Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation. It details the design, testing, production, and South Pacific combat record of the Grumman F6F "Hellcat" fleet fighter, with cameo appearances by the TBF "Avenger" and F7F "Tigercat".
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[@naardri]

It is nice to view USN film in original color as the navy/Grumman always used color. The B&W one usually sees in most videos is because cheap B&W copies were used for newsreel release and often for training. Former SGFL Film Library librarian.

[@georgehughes8698]

I had the pleasure of maintaining 3 different Grumman airframes during my time in the US NAVY the E2C, A6E and the F14 all of them were extremely well built and durable aircraft!

[@edwardpate6128]

Eric Brown rated the F6F very highly. It may not have had the highest performance compared to planes like the Corsair or Mustang but as an effective carrier based aircraft the results speak for themselves.

[@wjewell63]

Corsair fan here but all of these WW2 aircraft are stellar in thier own right...👍

[@orion8266]

32:16 didn't expect to see an RN F6F!

[@alan-sk7ky]

30:14 Jackie Cochcrane

[@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623]

That divebomber soundclip sure got used a lot.

[@smartiepancake]

Fun to see the rfactory workers dress up on film day

[@jimwatts914]

Nice to see the F7F st the end.

[@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935]

The overlapping joints should have the lip facing into the wind for lower drag, not a wëhraboo but the Bf 108 (four seater) was made like that.

[@stevenborham1584]

Thankyou for the added accurate audio of flight sequences, no muffled Tuba nonsense.

[@joeschenk8400]

Great video of Grumman and my favorite Hellcat. Thanks for the post.

[@Sublette217]

The film fudges the facts - the blue F6F marked TEST is not the first made. That is an F6F-3. The XF6F-1 had a less powerful engine.

[@stephenmeier4658]

Gubmint always lyin, son

[@Sturminfantrist]

wrote the same today and now found your comment you are right its not even the first Production F6F-3 Serial/BuAer No. 04775, look at 3:48 its BuAer/ serial No. 26101 , looks like an early F6F-3 Production aircraft with exhaust cover under the upper Cowl Flaps, on late F6F-3 this cover was removed.

[@stephenmeier4658]

Who among us doesnt remember the lunchtime archery competitions at the factory

[@ArmouredCarriers]

I remember the compulsory, unpaid after-hours public relations performances quite clearly ...

[@craigpennington1251]

This kind of work should be going on all over America/Manufacturing without robotics that used to be made here before it all moved overseas.

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Nice one

[@craigelectric5241]

She had a "whirlybird" screwdriver Like they say everything was invented in world war II Even your instant coffee

[@kentl7228]

It's sad to think that the Tomcat was the end of the line. Not that I know what something and cat name they could have used.

[@GuntherSDoumson2178]

Bearcat

[@kentl7228]

@@GuntherSDoumson2178 already used, though

[@andybrown9427]

4.26, why was Adolf sitting in on the meeting?😂

[@Sturminfantrist]

Min 1:05 its not the first F6F ever made looks more like an F6F-3 used for tests, if i remember well the first XF6F-1 (BuAer. /serial. No. 02981) had a spinner on the Prop , Propblades with cuffs (cuffs?) was natural metal and had other bigger landing gear covers then Prod. aircraft even the 2nd Prototyp XF6F-3 (serial No. 02982)looks very different from the one shown here at 1:05 with same big spinner on Prop and big landing gear Covers and no Paint Edit: at 3:48 you can see the serialnumber of that plane its BuAer/ serial No. 26101, so 100% not the first F6F ever made not even the first Production F6F-3 because that was F6F-3 Serial/BuAer No. 04775 .

[@rocketlife9549]

40,000 parts?!!??

[@richardschaffer5588]

Compared to a modern plant wow. Cramped, minimal safety guards, the only guys with masks in the paint shop, no eye protection, etc.

[@stephenmeier4658]

They were all smokers so they were gonna die from something anyway

[@papadopp3870]

I’ll have you know I smoked the same brand as my flight surgeon. Smooooth.

[@craigelectric5241]

THAT WAS ONE Z PLANZE THAT PUT COOL IN AMERICA

[@edwardpate6128]

They don't call out the fact at 20:12 that one of the test pilots shown is a woman. As were the many WASP pilots who delivered aircraft from plants to where they could be sent to the front lines.

[@danielburgess7785]

Originally named the 'Tom Cat' but that was deemed too racy.

[@slotcarpalace]

Better with the sound off. can't say I am a fan of these training films that seem to be written for children.

[@picklerick8785]

It's the style of the time, which sounds archaic to our ears. I especially noticed that they continually refer to aircraft as "ships" which no one does today. So the film isn't just a historic artifact showing the Hellcat, it preserves a long dead 1940s American culture for us, like looking through a window.

[@stephenmeier4658]

Personally, I think it's important to remember that there weren't as many different kinds of media presentation back in the 1940s. This film is propaganda fetishizing a machine of death, and as those things tend to go, it's not bad

[@loyddussaultsr4181]

I don't believe I saw one person of color working in the factory. Just a thought about the times. The company day care was a great idea and could help solve day care problems today.