GSAP PACIFIC THEATER, WORLD WAR II FOOTAGE, APRIL - AUGUST 1945 Reel 2 · Part 3

Description

Summary: Coverage from aerial and GSAP cameras of air operations in the Pacific during World War II. Reel 1: 1) AV's of B-24 in flight with one landing gear wheel extended. 2) Wreckage scenes and a dead Japanese. 3) Gun camera strafing of ground targets, ships, power lines, railroads, enemy aircraft on the ground by Lt. Wilson, Lt. Jelckk,. Lt. Siegrist, Lt. Penza of the 67th Fighter Squadron, 347th Fighter Group, 20 May 1945 with Tarakan and Borneo as targets. 4)Us Army troop marshaling area. 5) US Army troops loading onto landing ships from the beach. 6) Japanese aircraft wreckage. 7) AV's of B-24 formation dropping bombs and bomb explosions on island. 774' Total footage in reel. Reel 2: 1) GSAP footage of hits on a Japanese aircraft in flight. 2) GSAP footage of strafing of ships and ground targets. 3) P-51's taxiing and taking off. 4) AV's of P-51's singly and in formations. 5) AV's of B-24 in flight. 6) AV of B-29. 7) Footage of a long color aerial strip map. 777' Total footage in reel. 1) Night scenes of buildings burning on Saipan. 2) Burned out buildings on Saipan. 3) Maintenance work on B-29's on flight line. 4) B-29's taxiing to revetments near air strip. 5) B-24's landing. 6) P-38 flying over. 7) R-4 helicopter taking off. 8) GSAP footage of strafing attacks on ships and ground targets. 9) Ship wreckage on the beaches. 10) Japanese prisoners being searched. 11) GSAP footage of strafing attack by Col. Shapiro of 68th Fighter Sqdn., 374th Fighter Group, June 1945. 774' Total footage in reel. Reel 4: 1) GSAP footage of strafing attacks on ships and ground targets. 2) AV's of B-24's in flight singly and in formation. 3) Japanese Zero being towed on the ground. 4) Damaged Japanese Mitsubishi Type Ol aircraft on the ground. 373' Total footage in reel. Reel 5: 1) GSAP footage of strafing attacks on ships and ground targets. 2) GSAP footage of hits on Japanese fighter aircraft. 477' Total footage in reel. Reel 6: 1) GSAP footage of strafing attacks on ships and ground targets. 2) B-29 flyovers. 3) AV's of B-24's in formation and single flight. 545' Total footage in reel. Good (Basic: koda print)

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities