AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN JAPAN AND KOREA Reel 8 · Part 2

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Summary: General coverage of the B-26's of the 729th Bomb Sq. in the Korean War, November 1950: ground crews working on engines, guns etc,; take-ofrs and landings; strafing and bombing missions; air crews being decorated. Also shows air evacuation of wounded from Sinanju and bombing misssion with the B-29's of the 98th Bomb Group, both in November 1950. Reel 1: CS Three mechanics sitting beside B-26 engine pulling rags, wire, etc., from the engine, and throwing them on the ground. CS S/Sgt. lowering himself down into cockpits controls of B-26. Slate: B-26 Story, Iwakuni, 17 Nov 50. B-26 armorers loading guns in section, lacing ammunition in belts. CS Gas truck pulling up to B-26. CS Mechanics cleaning B-26 oil filter, cleaning and assembling prop hubs, assembling prop on B-26. Various angles of same. Slate: B-26 Story, Iwakuni, 16 Nov 1950. LS Maintenance of B-26 engines showing mechanic working on engines. CS Maintenance of engines. CS Crew chief checking oil filter. CS Ground crew repairing top gunners hatch. CS Return of B-26 to home base, B-26 taxiing. Name on nose of B-26, "Chadwick". GS: B-26; formation of four planes passing overhead. Caption sheet: Itazuke Air Field. CS Crew members using large brushes, washing down B-26. CS Ground crew members and natives washing the B-26. Good shot from nose of B-26 as runway is approached for landing. A. single: B-26 in flight. CS Fuel tanks; trailer near B-26. Ground crew viewing B-26. CS Ground crew signing receipt ror gas. MCS B-26 taxiing. CS B-26 engine starting engine warm-up. CS: Armorer working on wing section, loading ammo into the belts. CS: Placing ammo box in wing compartment. Reel 1A. Several shots of B-26's in a. singles and a. formations on way to target. A B-26 bomb-bay doors open, dropping bombs. ADS Target area showing smoke rising from target. B-26, camera mounted in nose, on dive toward target. ALS Target area smoke rising. Several close shots or armorers loading machine guns, ammo boxes in wings of B-26. CS Name of A/C,"Fly by Night". Several shots of mechanics attaching props to engine of B-26. Good shot of crew chief lowering himself into cockpit of B-26. Night shot: Armorers working on bombs near B-26. Night shot: Loading bombs into bomb bays of B-26. Good shot: Mechanics hook on Napalm tanks filling wing tanks with Napalm Mixture. Caption sheet date: 17 Nov 50. Good shot of ground maintenance - crew attaching explosive charge to Napalm bomb on wingtip of B-26. Good shot of B-26 taxiing, Caption sheet date: 19 Nov 50. B-26's taxiing. Several shots. Reel 2: B-26's taxiing, camera mounted on nose of one. Good shot of B-26 taxiing on runway. B-26 prior to take off for mission. Slate: Iwakuni, 20 Nov 50. B-26 Story. Down view from co-pilot's seat in B-26 of B-26's taxiing in front prior to take off. GS B-26 base. Two B-26's parked in dispersal area. Crew standing around looking at B-26's. Combat crews getting out of A/C. Several shots of B-26's of 452nd Bomb Wing taking off. Good-shots of B-26's stationary, taxiing. Good shots of flying crew boarding B-26 prior to take off. MS Truck delivering rockets to plane. CS EM attaching rocket to wing of B-26. CS Fusing of rocket. CS Itazuke AFB. Ground maintenance on B-26 engines. LS C-47, cracked up due to landing gear failure. MS Crashed C-47. MCS: Crashed C-46. CS Air-men arming B-26 for mission. LS to MS: B-26's taxiing. Slate: 20 Nov 50, Itazuke APB, B-26 Story. B-26's taxiing, Napalm bomb attached to wings. B-26's strike at target, dropping Napalm bomb. ADS Target area, smoke rising. Good shot of B-26's, a. single and a. formation over mountains. Good shot of B-26's (camera mounted on co-pilot's compartment) firing rockets at target area. AS Pilot of B-26 as plane is in light. Reel 3: Slate: Itazuke AF3, Japan. Dolly shot down long line of B-26's, crew standing round the A/C. CS B-26 stationary, pilot and co-pilot in seats. Commanding officer of the 729 Bomb Sqdn., Lt. Col Arthur Reaume, standing below talking to the officer in the lane. CS Crew of B-26 Lt. Newtons, Lt Tinkem, gunner, Sgt. G.W. Raymond. CS showing Lt. Newtons lifting the gunner up to side of plane and assisting him into cockpit. Slate: B-26 Story, 729th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Wing. Good coverage of rockets being hauled on weapons carrier up to B-26. CS Ground crews fastening rockets to wing of B-26. CS Attaching nose section to rocket. LS down row of B-26's MLS Gun crews working on propeller of B-26. GS Mechanics working on engine of B-26. LS C-46, which had crash landed in far bg. Pan shot of crashed C-46. CS Crews loading 50 calibre aiurno into nose of B-26 guns. PS Men of the 729th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Wing, line up for first formation. CS First Sgt. reading roll call. CS. Men's faces as they listen to Sgt. Major giving a speech. CS Sgt. Major, Tech. Sgt., James Hoffman. CU First Sgt. Jack,Raymond as he talks to men. Reel 4: Slated as Carcom at Pyongyang Air Strip. 21 Nov 50. Headquarters building, Combat Cargo-Command. LS Maj. Geo. W. Hewitt, CO of CCC at Pyongyang, coming out of headquarters, getting into jeep and driving away. MLS: Combat Cargo Command sign FEAF. LS C-46 landing on strip. CS Men standing in chow line; washing mess kits. Good coverage of natives building tent area. Slate: 22 Nov 50. CS Natives unloading mess rations from C-46 onto truck. CS C-46 taxiing. CS Wounded GI, on stretcher on ground near C-46. CS Loading stretcher onto C-46. CS Unloading wounded from ambulance and placing in C-46. Slate date: 16 Nov 50. General ground shots of demolished RR yards Kanni, Korea, showing twisted and torn RR bridge, damage to buildings and sheds near the RR yards. Destroyed RR cars. Slate: Sinanju Air Stripe Air Evacuation, 17 Nov 50. LS C-47 landing, C-119 parked along landing strip. CS American on Korean soldiers and officers loading litter cases on waiting ambulance A/C. CS Ambulance pulling away from strip. LS Living quarters area, tents and quonset hut buildings near airstrip. LS C-46 taking off from Sinanju Air Strip. CS Medics sitting near a large fire. Good coverage of air evacuation of wounded. Loading litter cases onto C-47. Transporting litter cases by ambulance and weapons carrier. Good shot of C-47 approach for landing at Sinanju. C-47 taxiing. Slate: Carcom (Cargo Command), Pyongyang Air-Strip, 22 Nov 50. C-46 making a landing, stationary, taxiing, at Pyongyang Air Strip. C-54 in bg. LS The storage building. Good coverage of native workers, personnel of the field General artillery at Pyongyflng Air Strip. Reel 5: Slate: Carcom (Cargo Command) at Pyongyang, Pyongyang Air Strip, 21 Nov 50. LS L to R: C-46 taking off, LS L to R: C-46 landing. Airfield shot: C-46 taxiing general activity in bg -- in far bg another A/C approaches for landing. CS Koreans unloading spools of wire from C-46 airplane onto truck. LS C-46 taxiing at Pyongyang, LS C-46 starting engine and pulling away. CS Radar equipment being unloaded from airplane. Slate: B-26 Story, Itazuke. (Beginning of B-26 story) Good shot of men washing down a B-26, excellent shot, L to R, B-26 landing -- other B-26's taxxing in bg. Good coverage of Itazuke AFB in Japan. Reel 6: Slate: Carcom (Cargo Command) at Pyongyang, Pyongyang Air Strip, 22 Nov 50. LS C-46 stationary, unloading supplies from C-46 - to the right of scene another C-46, ambulances grouped around it. CS Loading litter cases onto C-46 -- several angle shots of men. CS Headquarters building, Pyongyang Air Strip, 23 Nov 50. Group or airmen in front Headquarters Building come to attention, saluting Maj. Geo. Hewitt, CO. CS Major Hewitt addressing group. CS Capt. Robt. J. Wadley reading general orders to the group. CU S/Sgt. Albert Bush receiving commendation medal from Maj. Hewitt. CS men receiving ribbons. CS Entire group. CS Sgt. Bush. Reel 7: Caption sheet: Chasong, Korea, 15 Nov 50. AS B-26's in formation over clouds. AS Formations B-26's in flight over clouds, bombs hanging from wings. AS formation B-26 in flight, bomb bay doors open. ADS Korean terrain, smoke coming from a bombed city. Strafing scenes taken from co-pilot seat of B-26 - strafing of city. MS Engine maintenance on a B-26. MS Maintenance on a B-26 bomber, mechanics working on engine. Name on nose of B-26: "Fly by Night". MS Mechanics painting the tail of a B-26. CS Mechanic working on engine of B-26. CS: Armorer working on guns and wing of B-26. Several shots of the man working on the guns and wing of a B-26. CS Armorer loading ammunition into ammo boxes to be placed in wings of B-26. Reel 8: CS Truck backed under wing of B-26. Two airmen lifting belly tanks, to be used as Napalm bombs, and attaching them to underside or wing. MS Truck pulling away from the B-26. CS Airmen putting Napalm liquid into belly tanks attached to wing of B-26. CU One of the Napalm bombs on the wing of the B-26. CS No. 2 engine of B-26 starting. MS B-26 stationary, engines running. MS Control, tower at Iwakuni. CS Mechanic sitting on propeller hub, washing off propellers and working on engine. MS Mechanics working on B-26. CS Armorer, working on machine guns in nose of B-26, places ammunition boxes in to position in nose. CS Mechanics working on nose wheel landing gear of B-26. LS B-26 bomber landing R to L. Several shots. LupS: Three B-26's in formation. MS Night maintenance of B-26 bombers. Mechanics working on engine. Airmen working on B-26 are S/Sgt.Rudy Montgomery, Sgt. Toddy Gontarz, and Phillip Blanchard. Several shots. Reel 9: CS Four officers talking beside a C-54. Two of them are generals. One is Gen. Stratemeyer, other general unidentified. CU Three stars on door of a C-54. MS Head-on view of the C-54. Lettering on side, FEAF. MS Officers and airmen around C-54. CS Gen Stratemeyer talking to a Brigadier General, several other officers standing around. CS Gen Stratemeyer and other officers and airmen standing beside C-54. CS Gen. Stratemeyer boarding the C-54. MS Natives erecting buildings. CU Native cutting wood with a chisel. CS Natives laying flooring of a building. CS Civilians pounding nails. CS Civilian on top of tent fixing wires. CS Bomb lying on a hard-stand being lifted into bomb bays of an airplane. CS Name of a B-29 written on nose: "The Reluctant Dragon". CU Nose of a B-29. MS Side view of a B-29 on a hard stand, engines turning. In fg are bomb tail fins. MS B-26's lining up at end of runway for take off in formation. MS B-26's taxiing R to L, Napalm bombs hanging under wings. MS Main gate at Itazuke Air Base. CS Japanese guard searching a civilian before entering field. CS Air police at main gate. CS Japanese guards checking passes of Japanese civilians and searching them. MS Japanese women working in fields just outside of city. MS B-26 bombers preparing for take off on mission. MS B-26 taking off L to R. Reel 10: MS B-26 taking off, L to R. Several shots. CS Two airmen working on upper fret of B-26. CS Looking down from wing as airmen take rockets out of truck to be placed on wing of B-26. MS Looking up at co-pilot standing on wing putting on parachute and Mae West. MS Crew and ground crew around B-26 bomber. MS Operations building of the 729 Bomb Squadron. Shows crew leaving building and walking toward camera. CS Gunner getting into position in rear of B-26. Down shot to guuner sitting in position. CS Pilot taking out parachute from B-26. MS Mechanics working on engines of B-26 bomber. CS (2): Mechanics working on engines. MS Armorers working on machine guns in nose of B-26. CS Two men loading ammunition into boxes in nose or B-26. MLS B-26 bomber landing R to L. Several shots. Reel 11: Hakata, Japan, 11 Nov 50. MS Japanese civilians erecting buildings. CU old Japanese civilian laying a chimney. CS Japanese civilians eating. MS American GIs going through a chow line. CS A Captain washing his mess kit. CU A large tent.CS A Japanese civilian carrying two large buckets of water over his shoulder. Several shots. MS B-29 bomber on a hard stand. CS Bombs lying on the hard stand, B-29 in bg. Several views of bombs lying on hard stand. CS Airmen loading bombs into bomb bays of B-29. CU Lieutenant sitting at a desk, writing. Int Ofricer briefing crew on mission. Several interior shots of Lt. L. C. Brown briefing flight crews on mission. ADS: Famous Chosin Reservoir. CS Crews beside B-29 bombers. MS Gunner working on guns on upper turret. Int CS Lt. William H. Foley at his desk studying bombing photos. AS Formation of B-26's. ACS B-26 in flight, bomb bay doors open and bombs away; bomb bay doors closing again. AS Strafing scene from co-pilot1s seat. INT CS M/Sgt John A. Benadom and T/Sgt. Stanley J.Taylor posting flight routes on map. CU M/Sgt Benadom. CU Target maps. Int CU Capt. Thomas E. Brown working at his desk. ECU: Capt. Brown shown at his desk marking target photos and spotting bomb hits. Reel 12: Int Aerial from inside bomb bays of B-29 as bombs fall. A B-29 in flight bomb baydoors open. A DS Thru medium cloud coverage to target area. A Past waist gunsight to B-29 in flight over mountainous region. Int Right scanner working gun computer. Int Gunner at his position, B-29 flying on the wing. A B-26 in flight. A Formation of four B-26's flying R to L. A Looking up at formation of four, B-26's. MS Night scenes of B-26's being loaded with bombs and Napalm for next day's mission. CS Japanese civilians placing fuses and arming wires in bombs. A Three B-26's in flight. ADS: Smoke of target. ADS Target area, showing B-26 making pass over city as bombs explode. A from co-pilot's seat as plane makes bombing pass over city. A: B-26 in flight. Caption sheet: Pyongyang Air Strip, 20 Nov 50. CS Chief Mechanic Thomas J. Wheeler from the Navy, AF Sgt. William Decatur repairing engine on Navy AD3 Skyraider. MS AF Sgt. Albert Olin working on magneto. MS Chief Wheeler and Sgt. Decatur working on engine. MS Men working on a Navy Skyraider. CU Men working on the engine of the Skyraider. Good (Basic: orig neg)

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