Footage of Officers; P-47 Aircraft; French Civilians; Pilots; C-47 Aircraft; B-24 Aircraft and Crews; France Part 2

Description

MS Chairs under pavilion, French town and mountains in bg. Gen. Cannon and Gen. Devers enter and sit down. Closer shot Generals talking. CU Gen. Devers. CU Gen. Cannon. LS trailer officer leaves and walks to tent under camouflage. LS same. MS Generals walking past camera. MS same, and sit in chairs. CS two Generals in chairs. LS two Generals sitting. LS walking away from tent. MS Gen. Devers gets in jeep and drives away, Gen. Cannon walks back to trailer LS Gen. Cannon arrives at trailer and sits down. CS Gen. Cannon walks back to camera. LS P-47 taxiing for take-off at Dole A/D past repair machinery and workmen. Ext LS 4 P-46s overhead, at Dole Airdrome, France. LS pans P-47 taxiing past workmen. LS of P-47 landing past workmen. LS same, camera pans. LS P-47 takeoff past truck and workmen. LS pans P-47 taking off, past equipment. Same. Same. CS French workmen; tilt up from boots. MS grading equipment at work. CS same. CS same. LS men with truck, working. Ext CS of shovel in action; feet in sc. Same. MS men and truck, working. Ext LS operations tower. Closer shot same, showing ambulances. LS 3 P-47s pass overhead, R-L. MS men & grading equipment working; P-47 taxies by. LS shooting past workmen at Dole Airdrome, France as three P-47s peel up. LS past workmen P-47 landing. Long pan shot workmen repairing runway. Same. MS steam roller, working. Same. MS operator on moving roller. LS past equipment working, C-47 take-off. MS wrecked equipment. MS same, at roadside, bicyclist by. Close shot wrecked equipment. LS jeep drives through mud in front of headquarters. Ext. LS pan, workmen repairing runway. Long pan shot P-47 take-off past workmen. Same. LS P-47 take-off; workmen close in fg. Same. Same. LS P-47 take-off past workmen, LS P-47 taxiing for take-off, Dole Airdrome, France. LS P-47 take-off past workmen. LS P-47 take-off. Same. LS P-47 taxiing. LS P-47 take-off past grader. Same. CS grader operator. CS shovel and feet of workman. Same. Same. Same. MS crew chief pulling through prop of P-47 as pilot walks to plane. MS pilot and crew chief on plane, pilot gets into cockpit. CS crew chief by cockpit. CU crew chief's boots on plane wing. LS crew chief climbs over fuselage and stands by cockpit. LS motor starts pilot runs out to and of P-47, and lies down, at Dole Airdrome, France. CS tail of plane and grass blowing. MS same showing P-47 in background. L. pan S. P-47 taxis past tents and planes. LS shooting through tent, P-47 taxis by. LS P-47 taxiing, crew chief on wing. LS backing truck to C-47 which brings fuel for 324th Fight Grp. to Amberieu, France. Close shot rolling fuel drums out of plane door. MS same. CS nose of C-47 taxiing by. MS backing truck to C-47 door. MS loading truck. MS loaded truck drives away. MS loaded truck driving across field, P-47 bg. LS C-47 passes overhead, blue sky. Ext. LS C-47 low over Airdrome. LS line-up of C-47s. LS truck dumping gas drums on grass at Amberieu, France. Same. LS shooting down on French town. LS C-47 landing. LS C-47 taxiing up to camera. MS backing truck to C-47 door. LS pans B-24s at Bron Airdrome, near Lyons. MS crew members working under B-24. Insert Swastikas and name "All American" on plane. Insert map of U.S. painted on plane. LS line of B-24s. MS crew members working on B-24. LS same. MS same. CS 3 & 4 motors of B-24, line of B-24s going into distance. MS crew members and French worker drinking wine. LS line of B-24s. LS FV B-24s.

Collection

Records of the Army Air Forces

Series

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