B-29 STORY Reel 1 · Part 2

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Summary: Bombing missions flown by B-29 aircraft, July 1951-October 1951, over Yokota, Pyongyang, Hungnam and Simmak, Korea. INFORMATION ON FILM LEADER: 6 AUG 52. 1) Entire reel aerial camera views of Korean territory. Runs over flat land, mountains, showing roads, railroad lines, location of villages, rivers. Reel 2: SLATE: PROJ EP 12-2-143, 18 OCT 51 ROLL, SCENE 1-B-29 STORY. 1) ACS rear underside view B-29 in flight, bomb bay doors open. 2) AS INT B-29, camera angle focused through nose past bombardier in position. 3) ACS B-29 in flight, underside view. 4) ACS lead B-29 directly in front and rightly above camera aircraft. 5) ACs bottom and right side of B-29 in flight. 6) ACs three B-29's in formation in front of camera aircraft. 7) ADS bombs falling, scene taken through bomb bay. Camera loses bombs, target area disappears beneath clouds. (Long strip of film, camera focused downward through bomb bay as plane flies over clouds-of no value.) SLATE: EP 12-2-147, 28 OCT 51. B-29 STORY. 8) LS formation of B-29's off to right of camera aircraft. 9) ACS b-29 in flight, bomb bay doors open, mountainous terrain below. 10) ACS B-29 dropping bombs, twelve 1000-lb ers. 11) ALS B-29 in flight, fighter aircraft in distant bg-Meteor (identification of fighter taken from caption sheets) 12) ACS B-29, fighters in bg. 13) ALS formation of three B-29's, fighters in distant bg. Target of this mission was Songchon, Korea. SLATE: ROLL 2, 30 JULY. 14) Several scenes. SLATE: 2ND PHOTO SQ, CAMERAMAN BROWNING, ROLL 2, 30 JULY. 15) CS INT B-29 in flight over mountains of Korea. (Camera angle focused through side blister.) 16) Aerial views of Korean terrain-bridge over Han River. 17) ACS B-29 in flight. 20) ALS formation of three B-29's over clouds. 21) Several scenes of B-29's-single and formation of three, distant bg large formation of same. SLATE: LT HOCKMAN, CAMERAMAN. 30 JULY. 22) ECU B-29 PILOT 1ST Lt. Walter B. Malloy. 23) CU Brig Gen. Robert H. Terrill, Commanding General, FEAF Bomber Command, sitting in co-pilots position. 24) CU two men talking together. 25) Several scenes of the general in co-pilot's seat. 26) CU RV bombardier in position in nose of B-29. 27) ACS full SV B-29 in flight-bomb bay doors open, bombs away. 28) ACS full SV B-29 in flight, flak bursts around the aircraft. 29) ADS Korean terrain and flak bursts. SLATE: PYINYANG BOMBING, 19 AUG 51-2ND CCU. Reel 3: 1) ADS through bomb bay, traveling over clouds-small holes appear in same showing Korean territory below. Bombs falling through clouds. Camera picks up several strikes through holes in clouds in large town or military depot. Camera aircraft makes fast turn to left near large river, cloud formation disappears. Camera focused downward showing mountains, roads, rivers, railroad lines, villages, farms. In last section of reel camera aircraft starts flying over cloud layer, terrain visible only in spots. (Fair quality only in section where flying over terrain not obscured by clouds.) Reel 4: 1) CS INT of aircraft in flight, crew member reading novel-scene very dark. 2) CS INT aircraft, navigator checking over map-scene very dark. 3) CS INT aircraft in flight crew member eating lunch. 4) CS side gunner and gunner looking out window. 5) ACS B-29 in flight. 6) AS formation of three b-29's scattered. 7) ADS B-29 in flight over solid cloud formation-twi scebes, 8) ALS formation of B-29's in flight over solid cloud formation. 9) ASV formation of three B-29's. 11) AS two B-29's in flight, bomb bay doors open. 15) AS same plane dropping bombs, solid cloud formation below. 16) AS B-29 in flight. 17) ADS cloud formation. 18) AS B-29 in flight. 19) AS, formation of four and five B-29's. Last two scenes very hazy. SLATE: TARGET PYONGYANG BOMBING, SCENE 1, ROLL 1, 14 AUGUST, CAMERAMAN THURMAN. 1) Aerial formation five B-29's-bomb bay doors open-bomb bursts amidst formation, lead plane dropping bombs through solid cloud formation below. 2) ADS B-29 in flight; holes appear in clouds, bomb bursts below. 3) ADS scattered cumulus cloud formation. 4) ACS B-29 approach for landing at Yokota AB. 7) PS B-29 going down runway after landing-scene stops as plane gets abreast of cameraman. 8) LS B-29 coming down runway after landing. 9) PS B-29 going up runway after landing. 10) CS B-29 taxiing up runway, insignia on nose, pair of dice. 11) PS crash trucks pulling into parking area. 12) CS firemen gathering around the aircraft. 13) MS B-29's stationary, bombs lying on ground nearby. 14) CS firemen and crew of the B-29 looking at damaged tail surface. 16) CS damage done to tail turret by flak. 17) CS damage done to tail controls of the B-29. 18) CS crew members of the B-29. 18) CS crew members of the B-29. 19) CS crew members congratulating S/Sgt Jack Davis who was the tail gunner on this mission but escaped unhurt. 20) CU Various crew members, aircraft commander Jack E. Clark, spectators around in area; as follows: Brig. Gen. Terril, Col. D. Wade, Commanding Officer, 98th Bomb Group; Col. Rugner, Deputy Commander, 98th Bomb Group, Col. Farr, Maintenance Control, talking with Capt. Clark. good (Basic: orig, neg.)

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

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Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities