TWO MORE U-BOATS DESTROYED - A DAY'S WORK FOR FIGHTERS OF AAF Part 3

Description

Summary: World War II scenes showing P-38s and B-17s on mission, briefings, convoys at sea and bombing of U-boats. (USAF and Gaumont British News). l) MLS airfield showing P-38s dispersed around area. 2) MS preparing P-38s for flight, working on gun section. 3) MCU placing chute in seat. 4) MCU checking fuel lines. 5) CU cleaning gun barrels. 6) CU pilots listening to briefing officer. 7) MS pilots in group. Group breaks up, pilots walk to planes, assisted into seat by crew chief. 8) CU nose of P-38, "Texas Ranger" on nose. 9) ECU gun barrels protrudes from nose of P-38. 10) MLPS P-38s taxiing. 11) LS P-38 takeoff -- excellent shots of P-38 takeoffs single and in pairs. 12) PS P-38s in flights of fours pass overhead. l3) LS aerial formation of B-l7s. Camera pans across formation showing P-38 flying top cover, P-38s fly through and over the formation of B-l71s. l4) Excellent coverage of the P-38 breaking formation and flying through the formation towards camera plane. Some scenes show P-38s in pairs and others in flights of fours, eights and twelves mixed with the bombers. 15) Good shots of P-38s peeling off for landing pattern. 16) LS P-38 landing. 17) LS two P-38s fly by camera; one drops a wing tank, camera pans with tank. 18) PS P-38 landing. TWO MORE U-BOATS DESTROYED (GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS) 19. AS OA-10A flying over a large convoy. 20) ADS large convoy underway at sea. 21) LS across water at top of submarine. 22) CU interim message room aboard ship showing sailor receiving message. 23) MS SB2C takeoff from American carrier at sea. 24) AS formation of SB2Cs in flight over water. 25) GSAP strafing submarines. 26) CU bomb being released from bomb bay. 27) ADS bomb exploding on submarine, large geyser of water hides submarine from view. 28) Still photo, bomb on way down toward submarine. 29) GSAP strafing submarines. 30) AUS SB2C in flight. 31) ECU pilot's hand on bomb release, trips release. 32) ECU bomb bay showing bomb falling. 33) ADS direct hit on submarine. 34) ECU pilot's faces listening to briefing officer (USAF pilots). 35) MCU Briefing officer (USAF). A DAYS WORK FOR FIGHTERS OF AMERICA'S AIR FORCE. (GAUMONT-BRITISH NEWS) 36) MS pilots filing into briefing building. 37) Int. briefing room showing pilots and briefing officer. THE END. Good (Basic Dupe Neg)

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities