AIR WAR IN THE PACIFIC ; RAID ON WEWAK, NEW GUINEA ; HANSA BAY BOMBING ; DESCENT ON MARKHAM BY AMERICAN PARATROOPERS Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 306 111 SOURCE: AFCF AAF C-405-2 Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM : Archives MP & APC MP, Silent, 650' ea. 306-1 AIR WAR IN THE PACIFIC Aug-Sept 1943 AVs, B-24s bomb and strafe Jap shipping at Lae New Guinea, 1 Aug 43. Jap transport in water is hit and is set afire. RAID ON WEWAK, New Guinea 17 Aug 43 B=25s and P=38s strafe ground positions. CU, crewmen in plane operating side MG. VS, plane strafing incendiary bombs. AV, P-38 chasing Jap Zero through the air. B-24 in air with right engine set t afire by ack ack. CU, crashed B=29 on ground. vs, B=24 crash-landing at airfield; plane makes a nose down landing without much damage. Ground personnel in cars and motorcycles rush to the aid of the flyers. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY Record Group PA/18 Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 306 111 SOURCE: AFCF AAF C-405-2 Card 2 d 2 ADC FILM : Archives MP & APC MP, Silent, 650' ea. 306-2 HANSA BAY BOMBING 25=27 Aug 43 Seqs: Various types of bombers and fighters in the air strafing Japanese shipping in the harbor. DESCENT ON MARKHAM 5 Sept 43 BY AMERICAN PARATROOPERS MS, Gen Douglas McArthur talking to paratroopers before the jump. MS, troopers gathered around map in open field being briefed. vs, paratroopers putting on chutes. vs, planes with troopers in the air. CU, troopers in plane preparing to jump. vs, AV, plane laying smoke screen to shield the aiding planes formation vs, troops in the plane commencing their jump. Each plane carries twenty-ore troopers jumping one per second. vs, AV formation of plane in the air, chutes filling the sky, chutes on ground. NOTE: Additional scenes, of this ftg, will be found in Can ADC 303. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35=11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY PA/1g

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities