WAR WEARY HEAVY BOMBERS Reel 2 · Part 3

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Summary: Reel 1, 1000': Test NE-44-48-3 performed by the Electronic Section of Proving Ground Command, Eglin Field, Fla. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 1, 1000': 1) MS EM walking around a B-24. 2) CU Bombs in bomb bay of B-24. 3) INT CU Cables on the insdie of a B-24. 4) INT CU Officers walking thru a B-24. 5) CU B-24 warming up. 6) INT CU Pilot and co-pilot in pilot's compartment. 7) AMS B-24s in formation. 8) AMS B-24 in flight. 9) INT CU Pilot setting auto-pilot. 10) AMS B-24 in flight. 11) AMS Pilot bailing out of a B-24. B-17 in bg. 12) AMS B-24s in flight. 13) AMS Parachute opening. 14) ADS Series of shots of B-24 flying over water. 15) ADS Series of shots of B-24 crashing into water. 16) CU FV B-24 on ramp. 17) CU SV B-24 on ramp. 18) CU Television camera on nose of B-24. 19) INT CU Iconoscope on a B-24. 20) INT CU Bombs in bomb bay. 21) INT CU Putting fuse on aircraft part. 22) INT CU The arming arm and arming lever. 23) MS B-24s taxiing down runway. 24) INT CU Pilot and co-pilot in pilot's compartment. 25) ACS B-24 in flight. 26) INT CU Pilot putting on the radio control. 27) AMS B-24 in flight. 28) INT CU Pilot and co-pilot in pilot's compartment. 29) INT CU Officer looking thru large instrument. 30) INT CU Officer working inside a B-24. 31) ACU Pilots jumping out of a B-24. 32) AMS Series of shots of B-24s in flight. 33) ADS Series of shots of B-24s crashing to the ground. 34) ADS B-24 on fire. 35) CU Engine of B-24. 36) CU B-24 on fire. 37) CU Bomb lying on ground. 38) ADS Television record of "the bombing run." Reel 2, 1000': 1) CU B-24 on ramp. 2) CU SV B-24 on ramp. 3) 3) CU Television camera in nose of B-24. 4) INT CU Television receiver in B-24. 5) MCU EM in truck, pull bomb trailer up to B-24. 6) MCU EM hoisting bombs off of trailer. 7) CUEM putting bands onto 2000 lb bomb. 8)CU EM with carriage push bomb under bomb-bay door. 9) INT CU bombs in bomb racks. 10) CU EM putting a special adapter with an M-120 fuse in bomb. 11) INT CU EM pointing at the arming wire & arming lever of bombs. l2) INT CU pilot in pilot's compartment. 13) MS B-24s taxiing on runway. 14) ACU B-24 in flight. 15) INT CU Aircraft instruments. 16) ACU B-24 in flight. l7) INT CU pilot leaves pilot's compartment. l8) INT CU pilots put on parachutes. 19) INT CU pilots in waist gunner's compartment. 20) ACU pilots bail out of rear escape hatch. AMS B-24 in flight over water. 21) B-24 in flight over water. 22) ADS B-24 crashes into ground. 23) ADS Smoke rising from crash. 24) MS Various shots of smoke rising from wrecked B-24. 25) CU B-24 on fire. 26) CU Dud bomb lying on ground. 27) CU MaP showing details of bomb run. 28) television of the bomb run. Good

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

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Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities