TRUK RAID, EAST CAROLINE ISLANDS, WEST PACIFIC Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 3404 IDC SOURCE: AFCF (AAF Subj #2421) Card 1 of 2 404-1 FILM: Arch DN & APC MP, Silent, 778 ea TRUK RAID East Caroline Islands, West Pacific; 1944 (no captions) Bombs on trailers are delivered to B-24 planes on airstrip. AVs, B-24s in flight and dropping bombs. A soldier at airfield puts his hand thru shell hole in damaged plane. CUs, showing bullet holes in plane wings and other parts of the plane. A view as a plane lands on Eniwetok airstrip. CU, drawing on plane: "Cock 0' The Walk". Two ground men work on plane. (Scratch in the above.) 10/1/44 MS, large formation of B-24s on airstrip just before taking off. MCU of landing gear wheel turning as the plane is taking off and then retracting into plane as it is airborne. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY NF/sj Signal Corps ADC 3404 DC SOURCE: AFCF (AAF Subj #2421) Card 2 of 2 404-2 FILM: Arch DN & APC MP, Silent, 778 ea TRUK RAID (Cont'd) East Caroline Islands, West Pacific 10/1/44 (Cont'd) (no captions) A fuel truck backs up to plane, ground man on wing pulls hose. Another fuel truck backs up to plane. Pan of planes on airstrip. AVs over Truk. AVs of planes flying above the clouds in attack on Truk area. 9/2 Soldier followed by a few of the natives walks into shack. Four natives carrying clothing come out. CU, natives try on shoes. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 Native in their new clothes walk by. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY NF/sj

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities