MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS STRAFE OIL STORAGE TANKS & SHORE INSTALLATIONS, BORNEO Part 1

Description

1) MS Two motor torpedo boats moored alongside a tender.2) MS Bow on view of PT boat underway, stern wake of other PT boat FG.3) GV 40mm tracers strafe coast of Borneo.4) GV Two men at 20mm guns fire FG, many fires & smoke columns on shore BG (very good shot).5) GV Tracers strafing oil storage tanks on coast of Borneo, four fires burn BG.6) MS Crew of 40mm gun strafing coast of Borneo.7) MS Man on PT boat fires twin 50 cal. machine gun.8) MS Motor torpedo boat firing 40mm gun.9) MS PT underway, side view (good shot).10) LS Many smoke columns rising from island, men on deck of PT boat FG.11) GV Many fires burn & smoke columns rise from island BG, motor torpedo boat underway FG.12) GV Man at 20mm gun FG strafes island BG, many fires & smoke columns rise (excellent shot).13) LS Night shot: Fires burn.14) CU Gunner aims 40mm gun, fires burn, smoke columns rise BG.15) GV Officers & men in cockpit of PT boat, smoke columns rise & fires burn BG.16) GV-MS Officers & men of PT squadron being briefed on deck of PT boat.QUALITY: GOOD

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities