"BOMBING OF BURMA" Part 1

Description

Summary: Several B-24s in cloudy sky, some flak seen. CUs waist gunners in B-24 firing 30 cal machine gun. AVs: bombs exploding in river and shore installations. ALLIED AIR OFFENSIVE OVER EUROPE. Short opening scene, Free French pilots entering planes. Pan, chalk cliffs of Dover; A-20's in flight over Channel. AVs, large city as taken from plane skimming rooftop. Fires below. AVs, B-25s in flight, large industrial area are bombed by Dutch Squadrons. LS, burning plane falling and spinning. Night raid on industrial area by British Halifaxes - scores of fires seen. BURMESE OUTPOSTS SUPPLIED BY PARACHUTES.: Dinjan Airfield: 11/1943. C-47s warm up, turn, taxi, take off, fly over jungle terrain, Naga hills. Interior of plane, cargo is prepared to drop by parachute, pushed out, hits target. Aerial view Japanese installation in jungle area burning. Ints, plotting board workers fix location of planes. Aerial view clearing in jungle, signal panels on ground.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities