WAR DEPARTMENT CITATION PRESENTED TO THE 389th BOMBARDMENT GROUP: FOR THEIR FAMOUS MISSION OF AUGUST 1, 1943, TO RUMANIA Part 2

Description

Summary: Presentation speech, awarding of medals and troops marching in parade formation. 1) MS stationary B-24 with group of approximateiy 25 personnel standing on wings and fuselage officers and enlisted men in fg looking toward review stand. 2) CU motion picture and sound man recording event. 3) LS across open field troops marching. 4) CU three high-ranking officers observing parade. 5) LS across open field showing parade formation -- B-24 flying low in bg. 6) CU parade formation marching past camera. 7) CU stationary B-24, crew members on top of ship -- crowd and MPs are standing in front of parked aircraft. On nose of aircraft is picture of the Statue of Liberty. 8) MS color guard, parade formation on both sides. 9) CU stationary B-24, "Ole Irish" -- large group of military men standing on wing and nacelle; officers standing in front of aircraft -- all personnel are saluting. 10) CU color guard marching toward camera. 11) CU review stand -- two officers walk from in front of review stand to color guard, and place banner at top of guidon. Written on guidon: 389Th HEADQUARTERS BANNER PLOESTI, 1 AUGUST 1943 -- line of officers and enlisted men standing at attention in bg. 2) CU RV Gen. Spaatz pinning medals on crew. 13) Repeat same scene description -- Gen. Spaatz is assisted by Col. Potts. 14) MLS men who received citation -- color guard in bg; in extreme bg is formation of soldiers; in fg, crowd. 15) CU review stand. 16) MCU three officers standing on review stand -- Gen. Doolittle at rostrum. 17) CU officers near a B-24 -- crowd on top and in front of aircraft. 18) CU general giving speech -- high-ranking officers in bg. 19) CU color guard and crew members who received citation marching directly in front of camera. 20) CU airmen marching. 21) CU high-ranking officers. 22) CU airmen marching past camera. 23) CU crew members who received citation. 24) CU RV band marching. 25) CU RV review stand, band, airmen, and color guard marching in front. 26) CU review stand -- military personnel in bg. (All personnel are saluting). 27) CU stationary B-24, personnel on top saluting. 28) Several views of parade formation. 29) Several CUs high-ranking officers conversing. 30) CU crowd. 31) CU officer getting into B-17. 32) CU engines warming up. 33) MLS B-17 taxiing, then taking off. NOTE: (sound only on parade formations and speeches). Good

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities