THE LAST BOMB (STOCK FOOTAGE) Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

Summary: Coverage of World War II USAF bomber and fighter missions; preparations for missions at Guam; interior views of aircraft on missions; GI activity at Guam; and animated illustration of routes to Japan. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 1: 1) Animated map of Japan indicating route to Saipan, Tinian, and Guam; and return. 2) Maps of the Mariana Islands and Guam. 3) MS village in Guam -- shows natives going down street. 4) CU supply dump showing boxes, tires, and pilot oxygen containers. 5) MS trucks hauling supplies. 6) LS across airfield -- shows three B-29s in hardstands. 7) High angle view of tent area. 8) MS GIs standing at table, eating. 9) MSs of two homemade washing machines; two GIs scrubbing fatigues with brushes; and three GIs taking showers. 10) MS two B-29s taxiing -- B-29 parked in bg. 11) MCU high angle of load of bombs on trailer. 12) CU bombs under B-29s which are ready for bombing up. 13) CU GIs turning propellers on aircraft. 14) MS GIs entering B-29s. 15) LS map of island in Pacific. 16) High angle view of GIs stacking bombs near aircraft. 17) MS 3/4 FV B-29. 18) Map of Tokyo -- written at top of map: RADAR NAVIGATION CHART, JAPAN. 19) AMS submarine. 20) MS two OA-10As. 21) CU camera pans left to show three parked B-29s with engines running. 22) LS across airfield showing several B-29s taxiing. 23) CU line of B-29s taxiing -- left wings go over camera. 24) SV & 3/4 FV B-29 taxiing and turning -- camera pans with aircraft. 25) FV takeoff of B-29s directly over camera. 26) CU pilot. 27) INT shot taken through greenhouse of B-29, showing ships in harbor. 28) INT view of B-29 crew -- shows CU of pilot and copilot. 29) CU SV B-29 taxiing -- name on aircraft: THE ROCKET. 30) DS across airfield showing B-29s coming out of hardstands. 31) CU B-29 taxiing -- C-47 following in bg. 32) B-29 taxiing (V). 33) FV B-29 taking off -- camera pans with aircraft (R). 34) LS high angle, takeoff of B-29 (R). 35) CU low angle, B-29 taking off directly over camera (A). 36) INT view of operations tower -- man is talking into intercom. 37) LS formation of 12 B-29s. 38) INT B-29 showing gunner's position. 39) Sequence of shots of activity inside aircraft during missions. 40) ALSs of island -- shows airfield. 41) LS several dump trucks. 42) ALS army camp. 43) CU to LS long line of parked P-51s. 44) CU three officers looking at chart. 45) CU P-51 starting engines -- name on aircraft: THE DEACON -- aircraft pulls out of parking area, second one follows. 46) LS formation of B-29s (approximately thirty). 47) CU SV B-29 in flight. 48) INT view of B-29 crew -- shows various activities during mission. 49) LS formation of B-29s with fighter escorts. 50) CU four P-51s. 51) MS two B-29s (A & T). 52) INT shot of crew on B-29. 53) LS formation of seven P-51s. 54) LS formation of eleven B-29s (V). 55) INT shot through the greenhouse of B-29s showing flak burst. 56) MS three P-51s in flight -- aircraft peel off. 57) SV B-29 in flight (P). 58) Low angle shot of B-29 -- guns are firing. 59) CU tail gunner. 60) CU P-51 in flight. 61) CU P-51s in flight -- aircraft peel off directly in front of camera. 62) MS five B-29s in flight (X). Reel 2: 1) LSs RV & SV formation of P-51s. 2) INT cockpit of B-29, showing bombardier waving hand. 3) SV formation of four B-29s -- bombs away (X) (T) (P). 4) AV taken through bomb bay doors as bombs drop. 5) Camera pans with bombs showing bomb burst in target area. 6) AV through heavy layer of smoke showing bomb burst. 7) AV over damaged area. 8) SV formation of B-29s (T). 9) AV of target area. 10) CU as P-51s peel off, turn completely over on back. 11) CU pilot in P-51 -- aircraft peels off. 12) MS & LS P-51s doing acrobatics. 13) CU P-51s firing guns. 14) ARV formation of C-54s and P-51s. 15) AV of peninsula showing boats and ships in harbor. 16) LS FV P-51s buzzing airfield. 17) Formation landing of P-51s -- camera follows aircraft -- parked aircraft in bg. 18) P-51s drop wing tanks while landing. 19) Camera pans right to show group of GIs watching landing aircraft. 20) FV B-29s making very rugged landing. 21) CU of ditched B-29. 22) Camera pans right for FV landing of B-29s. 23) CU four GIs sitting on jeep -- all turn heads quickly as if looking at accident. 24) MLS crash landing of B-29 -- plane catches on fire immediately -- eleven or more men escape burning aircraft. 25) CU GIs with fire-fighting equipment. 26) MS as men jump up on nose of aircraft and look into it. 27) INT shots of B-29 -- men are sleeping. 28) Formation of approximately eight B-29s -- fleet of ships in extreme bg. 29) LS formation of ten B-29s -- airfield in bg. 30) Evening shot of formation landing of B-29s (P). 31) Landing and taxiing of a B-29 as seen from the cockpit. 32) MS & CU crew members conversing in front of aircraft. 33) SV formation of four B-29s in flight (T). 34) SV formation of eight B-29s (X) (T) Good (Basic: Orig monopak)

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities