B-26 STORY, IWAKUNI, JAPAN Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 8189 ADC 8189 SOURCE: AFCF (US AIR SHIPMENT #19) FILM: ARCH AND APC MP 692' ea Silent RG 111 B-26 STORY Accession III_NAV_210 Iwakuni, Japan - 7 Sept 50 Seq: Japanese laborers mixing napalm. The napalm is put into drums. Men getting refreshment at Salvation Army stand. Man atop B-26 with line refueling plane. VSs, crewmen loading belts of 50 cal ammunition into machine guns of B-26. CU, MLS, one of the men fits shells into belt; the belt is put into compartment in wing and the compartment closed and bolted fast. 6 September Two LSs from ground, of flights of B=26s. Men carrying their parachutes and other gear coming out briefing hut, getting into truck, truck pulling away. Two men getting out of truck at airfield, walking toward plane. Men on motorbike riding to edge of field, walking to plane, climbing to top of plane. Several shots, men atop plane, climbing down into the craft. MS, one of the props on B-26 turning over. MS, loading belt of ammunition into plane. CU, man climbing into pilot's compartment. CU, pilot giving sign to turn props over. Plane warming up. LS, plane taxiing off. MS, loading napalm tanks on B-26. The tank underneath wing is filled with napalm. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, N Y ERBS/kfr

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities