"GUN CAMERA" VIEWS OF AIR ATTACK ON RABAUL & VICINITY Part 1

Description

1) HA AV PAN Japanese airstrip, bomb craters, smoke.2) AtoA LS American SBD flying over airfield.3) HA AV PAN Over airfield; bomb hits; roads.4) HA AV Harbor; ships at finger piers; buildings; SBD airborne; tracer fire.5) HA AV Plane firing tracers at buildings along harbor; building explodes; PAN to plane firing tracers at ships in harbor.6) HA AV Finger piers along harbor.7) AV Tracers strafing enemy installations in palm grove; PAN to bomb hits in harbor.8) HA AV Bomb hit near finger piers; tracers; PAN to beached AP.9) HA AV Tracer hits along Japanese installations in palm tree area; SBD aircraft making passes over buildings; bomb hits.10) HA AV Tracers firing into coconut palm grove; roadway next to grove; PAN along coastline.11) HA AV Tracers firing at harbor installations; bomb hits; aircraft flying low over land; PAN. G12) HA AV Coconut palm grove; PAN, smoke rising from buildings.13) HA AV Japanese installation in grove of palm trees; bomb hits; PAN, partially submerged transport ship in harbor.14) HA AV CU Bomb hits in palm trees; smoke rising from burning buildings.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities