MISSION, RABAUL, BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 1813 [1] SOURCE: AFCF (AAF Combat Subj 1161) ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 963' ea Silent) 1813 MISSION, RABAUL Bismarck Archipelago - 12 Oct 43 Scenic views of clouds disolving into silhouetted Air Force soldiers watching the skies. Seq: B-24s flying in formation over seas and through clouds. Dissolve to CU zoom of South Pacific map, dissolving into animated map of Rabaul. CUs, P-38s winging over for turns. AVs, P-38s flying over Owen Stanley mountains. vs, C-47s landing, unloading supplies and airborne troops. Seq: Soldiers hacking their way through jungle. CUs, hauling logs. CU, surveyor. Seq: Bulldozers grading airport. Soldiers building landing strip. CUs, native assisting in construction of landing strip. Seq: P-40s taking off, landing and flying low over newly constructed airport. Seq: B-24s warming up, taxiing, in aerial formations, dropping bombs, and bombs exploding on Japanese shore installations. View from plane strafing Japanese planes lined up on field. Map of Salamaua. AVs,over area. B-24 strafing Japanese installation as it flies over jungle area. AVs, Ground views, percussion blasts from bombs. AV, shower of bombs falling earthward. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave, LIC 1, NY ERBS/lzw Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities