5TH AAFCCU MISSION TO RABAUL NEW BRITAIN Part 1

Description

Summary: Sequence: Officers briefing crews, crews entering B- 25s taking off. B-25s over Oro Bay, Bonocanal, Ropopo and Rabaul, strafing landing strip, installations ships dropping parafrags and landing on home base. (NOTE: Scratches, but good material). BOMBING OF RANGOON.: Burma. MS, AAF fliers climb out of 2 1/2 ton truck and approach B-24 plane. MCU, fliers study map on ground. CU, machine gun being traversed in side blister. Int view pilot in cockpit. Int, crew member talks on intercom, Takeoff of three B-24s - several angles. B-24s in air. CU, 50 cal MG barrel on B-24 firing. Aerial shot - bomb bay of B-24 being opened, bombs fall, AVs: Kangoon, the Irawaddy River and installations as bombs explode. Scenes, B-24s dropping leaflets and returning to base. (NOTE: Bonocanal, Ropopo - can't find listing of these locations, but include them because they may exist).

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities