GUN CAMERA FOOTAGE, KOREAN WAR Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

Summary: Strafing and rocketing enemy troops, roads, village, railroads, vehicles, warehouses, bridges, etc. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 1: Strafing villages, roads, and enemy troop positions. Firing rockets toward vehicles moving along road. Firing rockets into villages. Good shots of rockets exploding. Excellent shot, low level, strafing and rocketing train. Good hit on train. Good shots of strafing of bus along roadway; firing rockets into villages, at highway and railroad. Good shot -- strafing and rocket firing; rocket explosions. Good shot -- strafing tank along roadway. Motor convoy, trucks and tanks being fired upon by 50 cal. and rockets. Good hits scored on many of the targets. Strafing villages, roads, enemy troop positions along road and on mountain ridges, and enemy shipping on rivers. Excellent shot of rocket explosion on top of mountain ridge. Good shots -- rocket explosions in towns and villages. Reel 2: Strafing and rocketing roads, towns, warehouses, enemy troop positions in mountains. Good shot -- Rocketing and strafing enemy troop convoy at road intersection showing good shots of rocket explosions. Excellent shot of low level strafing attack upon factory and warehouses. Good hits recorded. Good shot of strafing trains, showing hits. Good shots of strafing R.R. yards. Good shots of firing rockets at bridge across river. Several good shots of firing rockets at bridge; no hits recorded upon bridge. Good shots showing strafing of bridge and surrounding area. Reel 3: Rocketing and strafing large towns. Strafing along roads. Strafing R.R. yards and trains. Strafing enemy convoy along road. Good hits on several of the vehicles. Good shots -- extreme low level -- strafing troops and equipment in fields. Excellent shot -- strafing tank in an open field and showing hits. Good shots: firing rockets into large town showing hits; strafing enemy equipment dispersed along roadway showing hits; strafing warehouse, marshalling yards showing hits on cars in the yard. SLATE: 26 JUL 50; PILOT -- HODGES; MISSION #4-8. Rocketing and strafing enemy tanks, trucks and equipment along roadway, and large town. Extreme low level attack on villages. Good hits by rockets in middle of the town. Good hits on warehouse in open fields. Good hits by strafing and rocket fire in R.R. marshalling yards. Good shots of strafing R.R. tunnel. Excellent shot of strafing R.R. tunnel, showing violent explosion. Reel 4: Strafing roads, villages. SLATE: 25TH FIGHTER SQ., 30 JUL 50, PILOT, HANSON. Good shot of strafing roads, R.R. yards, trains, enemy troop positions and villages. Good shot of strafing train. Good shot of strafing motor convoy along road showing hits on several of the vehicles. GSAP camera shots down runway -- F80s taxiing. Good shot showing the F-80 directly in front of the camera plane. Good (Orig Neg)

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities