AERIAL BOMBARDMENT Part 4

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Summary: Covers aerial bombardment of captured German submarine U-117 and destroyer G-102, wider direction of Brig Gen William "Billy" Mitchell. 1': SINKING THE DESTROYER G-102. BOMBING THE EX-GERMAN DESTROYER G-102 BY ARMY AIRCRAFT July 13, 1921. THE AIRSHIPS LEAVING FOR THE SEAT OF PROTECTION AND OBSERVATION. 32': MLS's US Navy J-class blimp in flight. 61': BOMBING CREWS RECEIVING LAST INSTRUCTIONS. 66': Crews being briefed in field. 87': THE SE-5 PLANES LEAIIE. 92': Shows SE-5A's taking off to left. 112': THE MARTIN BOMBERS WITh SIX 300-LB BOMBS. 118': MS's of MB-2's taking off to right singly. 145': GEN MITCHELL LEAVES FOR SCENE OF BOMBING. 151': MS & MLS DH-4 taxiing and taking off to rights 178': OVER THE TARGET. 181': AMS MB-2 in flight to right. 187': THE TARGET. 192': AV' s destroyer G-1O2 undergoing bomb hits and near misses, and sinking. 464': SINKING THE EX-GERMAN SUBMARINE U-117 BY AERIAL BOMBS JUNE 21, 1921, THE SHAWMUT DIRECTING OPERATIONS. 497': AV's seaplane Tender USS Shawmut at sea. 529': THE HENDERSON - VISITOR'S BOAT. 536': AMS Transport USS Henderson at sea. 565': THE FLEET WATCHING THE MANEUVERS. 574': AV's of' battleships. 645': BRIG GEN WIlLIAM MITCHELL, USA, PERSONALLY OBSERVING THE SECTS OF THE BOMBING. 666': AMS DH-4 in flight to left. 678': CAPT MOFFETT, USN, WATCHING OPERATIONS FROM AN NC PLANE. 692': AMS NC-8 seaplane in flight to left. 705': THE U-117. 712': AV's of submarine U-117 undergoing bomb-hits and near misses, and starting to sink --intercut with two and three USN F5L seaplane in flight to left. 904': Total footage in reel. Fair

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities