SFP-194 Part 1

Description

Summary: TARGET: KIKAIGA SHIMA: CS ambulance pulling up by B-24--MCS wounded man being loaded into ambulance on stretcher--CS same, name of plane "G. Time Operator". LS pan, B- 24s taxis down airstrip for take off. A. low alt. down to convoy off shore of Okinawa--A. CS to single B-24--A. shooting down over target area Japan--A. CS B-24 "The Senator", pan down to formation B-24s--A. med. alt. down over target Kikaiga shima, see bomb hits in water near shore--A. CS nose of B-24 "The Senato". A. CS Navy F4U flying R-L. A. LS to formation B-25s--Series A. shots over to formations and single B-25s over clouds and water. A. high alt. down over enemy terrain and coastal areas Ryuku Islands. Series of A. LSs over to formations B-25s over coastal areas. OKINAWA AIRSTRIP: CS native breaking rocks on airstrip Okinawa--Series of shots showing construction activities on airstrip, bulldozer at work moving rock and dirt--A. high alt. down to burning enemy ship in harbor--A. bombs away, pan down to hits and fires, heavy black smoke rising from coastal installations--A. full shot to single B-24. A. LS phosphorous shells exploding. A. LS down to smoking ship in harbor--A. LS over to B-25s flying over clouds--A. LS to single B-25--Series same. A. shooting thru pilot's window to formation B-24s--Series same--CU INT co-pilot--CU INT co-pilot--CU INT turret gunner--CS RV pilot talking to co-pilot. CS B-24 warming up engines sign "June's Old Man" on fuselage--CSs same--MCS pilot signalling out of pilot's compartment. TARGET KYUSHU, JAPAN: A. med. alt. down over coastline Kyushu Japan--Same, heavy black smoke rising--A. Ext. LS to formation B-25s, phosphorous shells exploding in fg-- A. LS down to coastal area, black smoke rising. MCS American flag flying--LS over American cemetary, small American flags decorating graves--Series of shots showing bombed wrecked buildings Okinawa. A. MS to single B-25 L-R--A. LS to formations B-25s--Series same, over water and clouds--A. fragmentation bombs away from B-25--A. med. alt shooting down over coastal area Kyushu---A. CS B-25 flying L-R--A. high alt. shooting down over city of Kyushu.

Collection

Records of the Army Air Forces

Series

Motion Picture Films from the "Combat Subjects" Program Series