COMBAT GUN CAMERA OVER JAPAN & GERMANY; V-J DAY CELEBRATION Part 1

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1) AtoA Gun camera of a fighter being shot down.2) LS Crowd of people, celebrating Japanese surrender, in Times Square.3) LS Sign: "Japanese Surrender" over Times Square.4) LS Overlooking victory crowd in Times Square.5) MS Sailor jitterbugging in middle of street.6) LS Crowd in Times Square.7) LS WEST VIRGINIA BB, camouflaged in the Thayer Method, firing broadside.8) LS Artillery crew firing a 155MM Howitzer.9) LS Looking across water, with flak in sky, and a suicide plane hitting water.10) LS Looking aft from a CV as a Japanese plane makes a dive and pulls up.11) LS Japanese plane shot down; flak; CV in BG.12) LS LVT heading for beach.13) LS Four LCM's laying off beach.14) LS LCVP's heading for beach; several large explosions.15) MS Japanese soldier running out of a bunker on fire, and falls down.16) LS Man operating a 30 cal. Machine gun.17) LS Street scene, of soldiers (U.S.) running down street. (SV)18) MS Mortar crew manning mortar.19) LS Stretcher bearers carrying a man on a stretcher; one man falls.20) CU Map of Asia, with men marking off area Japanese captured in WW 2, and alsoarea Germany captured (animated)21) AV Fleet of C-47's flying over water.22) AV Part of Normandy invasion force in English Channel.23) LS Looking down side of a C-47, as paratroopers prepare to jump.24) LS Squadron of C-47's in flight.25) LS Squadron of C-47 dropping thousands of paratroopers over Germany.26) LS Thousands of paratroopers drifting toward rth.27) AV Parachutes on ground, where men landed.28) LS Glider going in for a landing.29) LS Glider CG-13 landing.30) MLS Glider flying over trees.31) LS Glider lands, and tips up on nose.32) MLS Gun camera of a German FOCKE_WULF 190 being shot at.33) LS FW 190 exploding in mid-air.34) AV German fighters being shot down (SV).35) AV Strafing a German airfield; twin-engine bombers on field.36) LS Strafing inside of a hangar.37) AV Strafing a MESSERSCHMITT 109.38) AV German aircraft burning on field (SV).39) AV Strafing a truck on side of road; truck explodes.40) CU Trains being strafed; explosion in one of the cars.41) AV Strafing trains and marshalling yards.42) AV Strafing a train underway; steam comes out of the engine.43) AV Strafing train, as it goes into a tunnel.44) AV Strafing a train; train explodes with a large explosion; plane flies right into flame and wreckage.45) AV Squadron of A-20's in flight.46) AV Port engine of an A-20 explodes and falls out.47) LS Salvo of bombs; flak in BG.48) AV Bombs exploding in RR yard.49) AV Squadron of B-17's over Germany, trailing vapor.50) AV Flak bursting in sky.51) AV Shot through bomb bay , as a salvo of bombs drop.52) AV Bombing a city in Germany.53) AV Salvo of bombs falling and striking ground (SV).54) AV Devastation of this city by bombs.55) AV Three smoke bombs dropping.56) AV Marshalling yard, during saturation bombing.57) AV Gun factory in Berlin, that has been bombed; PAN of devastated area.58) LS Interior scene of gun factory, almost completely demolished.59) LS Street scene of gutted bldgs.60) AV Synthetic fuel plant, that has been bombed out.61) MS Some of the wreckage in the fuel plant (SV).62) AV MESSERSCHMITT airplane works that has been bombed out.63) LS B-29 dropping a salvo of bombs, and strike in Tokyo, Japan.64) CU Shot through bomb bay, as a salvo of bombs IS released, and hits the ground. (SV)65) AV Saturation bombing of Tokyo; dust and smoke all over.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities