Footage of Alto Air Base; P-47 Aircraft; Officers; France; French Civilians; American Soldiers Part 3

Description

LS 4 P-47s peel up, at Alto Airbase, Corsica. Ext. LS P-47 Sqdn formation overhead. Ext LS P-47 Sqdn formation flying behind trees. LS P-47 Sqdn formation over head. LS from behind bushes and trees 4 P-47s peel up. CS wing camera position (P-47), showing patches. Insert nose 65 Sqdn P-47, showing propeller and pin-up girl and patches. Insert section of fuselage of P-47 showing patch. Insert tail of P-47, showing patch. Insert leading edge of wing, showing patch. Insert under fuselage of P-47, showing patches. Insert map and pointer at Gen. Cannon's briefing. CS same. Insert same, featuring Roumania. CS map and pointer, mts bg. Insert map and pointer LS General Cannon's bivouac, French town bg. LS same, Gen. Cannon walking away from bivouac. MS Gen. Cannon walking by trailer. LS Gen. Cannon and Gen. Devers leaving house (France). MS General and group leaving house. CS General talking. Same. Shooting past jeep in fg, Generals walking away. CS Gen. Devers sitting. LS two General sitting in pavilion. LS two Generals walk up to jeep. MS Generals talk to officer in jeep. MS Gen. Devers & party, in jeep, saluted by Gen. Cannon. MS Gen. Devers drives away in jeep, see 3 stars on jeep. LS Gen. Cannon returns to pavilion and sits down. MS Gen. Cannon sitting at table. CS Gen. Cannon gets up and walks from sc. LS pans bomb service truck and trailer driving up to P-47 and stops, at Alto Airbase, Corsica. LS looking down on P-47, as bomb service truck & trailers drive up; unloads two bombs, and pan with men as they drive away. MS shooting from bomb service truck, to trailers (at Alto Airbase, Corsica), travelling, stopping, unloading bombs. LS truck and trailers moving; armorers drive up and get out of jeep. MS truckload of crew chiefs drive up; and get out. A. med alt shot over Tavaux Airdrome, France. Closer shot same, see many types of planes. Same. A. same, showing planes taking off. Same, showing plane taxiing. Same, showing plane taking off; strut in sc. A. Low over field. Same; part of camouflage in sc. Same. Same. A. Same. MS American officer with French children in front of building at Foucheron, France. Closer same shot. MS officer examines wreckage of blown-up torpedo train at Foucheron; cars in bg. Same. LS pans over area of blast. A. high alt shot of Tavaux Airdrome, France. Same. A. lot alt, same showing P-47 taking off. MS officer examining train wreckage at Foucheron; house in bg. LS same. CS officer examining wreckage; ammunition that didn't explode. INT MS group of officers in officers' club, 65th Sqdn, Alto Air Base, Corsica; singing, drinking beer. Same. Same. Same. MS men in operations tower (fogged) Same, pans over to show peel-ups of P-47s. LS 4 P-47s fly over tower. LS P-47s fly over tower at Alto Airbase, Corsica. LS American operations bldg & flag, French operations bldg in distance, mts bg (nice shot). Same. MS men in tower, showing ambulances behind. LS American operations. MS Capt. Hickok and crew chief preparing to takeoff. (Hickok sitting in plane, crew chief standing on wing.) Same. Same. Same, closer shot. Same. CS Maj. Hunziker and crew chief, preparing takeoff. (comedy gag with cigar). CS reverse same. CS Lt. Col. Wymond, climbs into cockpit and talks to crew chief. CS Wymond and crew chief preparing takeoff. CS Wymond in cockpit. CS Lt. Col Wymond's crew chief at Alto Airbase, Corsica, Wymond in sc. Same. MCS Pilot and crew chief prepare for take-off MCS Pilot and crew chief read map CSs Pilot (alone) CSs Crew chief (alone)

Collection

Records of the Army Air Forces

Series

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