Gun camera, South Pacific Part 1

Description

AV Strafing installations on Okinawa; then an airfield, hangars, etc. AV Strafing Japanese fishing boat; mountains in BG. Strafing planes lined up (SV). AV Strafing a Japanese sampan; Japanese "Emily" in the water; cargo ships (SV). Strafing Japanese plane as it is taking off; bombers on the airfield. AV Strafing ships and shore installations; strafing Japanese fishing boat. AV Strafing sampan; then cargo vessels (SV). AV Strafing shore installations, submarine, water front, strafing small Japanese boat, on which a bomb explodes astern. AV Bomb explosions on some shore installations at Okinawa. AV Strafing a bridge; some hits; strafing along beach. Bombs fall; explosion and fires(Snow on ground). The following shots of later film (over Korea) have been attached to the earlier South Pacific material. Gun Camera Korea. Bombs fall; explosion and fires. (Snow on ground.) Strafing small craft on river; bombs drop on seaplane base.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities