Corps of Engineers Constructing Airfield Facilities, GSAP [Gun Sight Aiming Point] Strafing and Bombing; 365th Fighter Group; Stolberg, Germany. Part 1

Description

1) MS aviation engineers driving stakes into holes and laying down corrugated metal hardstand. 2) M to CS as three men roll out corrugated hardstand. 3) MS as men roll out tar paper on ground for hardstand (dark) 4) LS field under construction by aviation engineers - P-47 in bg. 5) MCS as the men drive stakes and thread corrugated hardstand (dark) 6) LS P-47s taxiing on first field built in Germany - P-47s takeoff - camera pans with them. 7) LS as P-47s await takeoff at end of runway. 8) Same as sc 7 as P-47s takeoff. 9) LS as P-47 lands on runway - camera pans with it. 10) Same as sc. 9. 11) LS as P-47s wait takeoff at end of runway - they begin to takeoff. 12) LS construction of field - P-47s parked in bg. 13) MS as civilian laborers work making hardstand with engineers. 14) Same as sc.. 13. 15) LS men working in fg as P-47 taxis down runway - a crane truck comes into scene carrying corrugated hardstand. 16) LS as P-47s taxi down runway - men work in fg. 17) MS men working - P-47s and buildings in bg. 18) MS as men hammer down corrugated runway. 19) MS P-47s lined up for takeoff at end of runway. 20) MS as they being to takeoff. 21) LS as P-47 takes off - camera pans with it. 22) Same as sc. 21. 23) Same as sc. 21. 24) MS wrecked German aircraft on field. 25) MS of tail assembly of wrecked German airplane, - Swastika is prominent. 26) MS of demolished bunker on field. 27) Same as sc. 26. 28) MLS Wrecked German aircraft in fg - P-47 parked in bg. 29) MS as P-47 taxis towards camera - crew chief mounts wing and directs pilot down runway. 30) MS 40mm gun crew manning gun. 31) MS gunner at 40mm gun - dog is sitting on sandbag revetment. 32) CS of gunner and dog. 33) MS as two AA gunmen load 50 cal. machine gun. 34) CS loading ammunition. 35) LS Remagen Bridge - man digging gun position in fg. 36) MS two men as they dig revetment. 37) CS of one man digging revetment. 38) GSAP strafing burning military installations (hazy) 39) GSAP dive bombing military installations - many fires. 40) GSAP strafing gun positions as edge of woods. 41) GSAP strafing small town. 42) Effects shot of sunset - silhouette of 40mm gun and crew in fg. 43) LS swastika and eagle mounted on pillar - gun crew in fg. 44) CS of Swastika - bombed buildings in fg. 45) CS of multiple 50 cal. gun and crew. 46) LS of Swastika and eagle - damage in fg. 47) MS German prisoners in 6x6. 48) LS bombed railroad trestle - Chantilly, France. 49) Longer shot of sc. 48, panning to show extensive damage. 50) MS of above. 51) Longer shot of same. NG footage 52) LS four P-47s in bank turn - camera pans with them. 53) Same as sc. 52. 54) MS P-47 taxis on perimeter - P-47s parked in bg. - jeep drives through scene. 55) MS P-38 as it flies around field. 56) MS P-47 taxiing off runway - camera pans with it. 57) MS as P-38s buzz field for pull up. 58) Same as sc. 57.

Collection

Records of the Army Air Forces

Series

Motion Picture Films from the "Special Film Project" Program Series