MISSION TO RABAUL, NE NEW BRITAIN, BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO Part 1

Description

Signal Corps 111 ADC 1816 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (AAF Combat #1161) Card 1 of 2 1816-1 FILM: Arch, DN & APC MP, Comp Narration, 935' ea MISSION TO RABAUL, NE New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago; Oct 1943 AV, bombing and strafing of Wewak, NE New Guinea. MS, interesting cloud formation. Animated maps of various installations of Rabaul area. MSs, two servicemen superimposed upon various scenes of destroyed planes and aerial operations. MS, Lt Gen George C Kenny enters and exits from Hqs of bombardier squadron. MSs, CU, stockpiles of 500 and 1000 1b bombs. Seq: Ground crews service planes, clean guns, load ammo links in MGs aboard planes, fill bomb racks preparatory for attack on Rabaul. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Signal Corps ADC 1816 DC SOURCE: AFCF (AAF Combat #1161) Card 2 of 2 .816-2 FILM: Arch, DN & APC MP, Composite Narration 935' ea MISSION TO RABAUL - - CONT'D NE New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago Oct 43 - Cont'd CUs, bomb marked "For Rabaul. - COD" Seq: Briefing room as pilots and crews receive instructions for Rabaul mission. LSs, bomber crews in trucks en route to airfield. MSs, CUs, warming up engines on B-25s. MSs, B-25s assemble for take-off. CU, signalman in control tower. MSs, LSs, B-25s taking off. LSs, P-38s in flight. Redord Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LICI, NY ERB/ek

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities