B-29 MISSION TO KONAN Reel 2 · Part 1

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Summary: Views of Gen. MacArthur at Okinawa on his way to Formosa Conference; B-29s dropping bombs and other views. B-29s and crew members at Okinawa; preparations for bombing mission; B-29 missions over Korea. Views from bomb bay of B-29 as bombs leave plane. Views of targets and some ground activities. August, 1950. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 1: Gen. MacArthur and other officers walking toward aircraft and boarding C-54. Crew members around a B-29, "Bugs Buster." Nose of B-29 "Jita." B-29 taking off and in formation. Aerial shots: Aerial Single and view through waist window of B-29 formation. Formation of four B-29s dropping bombs. Target: Marshalling yard; smoke over the target. Staff car with five stars pulling up to a C-54 -- Gen. MacArthur and other officers getting out and boarding the C-54. C-54 taxiing. B-29 taxiing -- two engines feathered. B-29 landing; taxiing (Name: Purple Shaft). Airmen working on top of front turret. Crew in front of B-29. Reel 2: B-29s at Okinawa, one of them, "Purple Shaft." Crewmen make preparations for mission: gunner checks belly turret; EM assemble and load bombs on plane. Crew members relax; drinking cokes, reading comics & books on Korean language. B-29: stationary, taxiing, landing, and taking off. Reel 3: Int. shots: looking past bombardier as B-29 is taking off; shot of pilot as he flies plane; view of bombardier over the bombsight; crew member testing his gunsights. Aerial shots: B-29, Aerial Single; looking through nose at a B-29; looking through open bomb bay at ground as bombs leave plane; target, marshalling yard -- no bomb strikes. Looking through nose as plane lands -- good shot of runway; B-29 in formation with camera ship, "Atomic Tom; looking through open bomb bays at the target -- marshalling yard -- bombs falling, smoke rising. Shots of crew members around a Red Cross stand, in front of B-29 and boarding B-29. Nose of B-29, bombardier in position. Excellent (Mas Pos)

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities