Air War in the Pacific Part 1

Description

This film contains the following: In reel 1, General Arnold describes the Army Air Force's role in the Pacific theater; brief views of bombing raids. U.S. troops land on a beach, infantry advance under P-47 fighter cover, and supplies are flown to British forces in Burma. Gordon Seagrave, British surgeon, treats wounded Nationalist Chinese as General Stilwell looks on. Wounded are evacuated by air. Engineers repair an airstrip on Saipan; B-29's land. In reel 2, Japanese planes bomb the airstrip and shows U.S. aircraft on an Iwo Jima airstrip; a B-24 and B-29 raid on Nagoya, Japan; General MacArthur landing in the Philippines; General Doolittle inspecting Ernie Pyle's grave on Okinawa; and bombs exploding on Japanese cities.

Collection

Records of the Army Air Forces

Series

Motion Picture Films from the "Combat Film Report" Program Series