SUPPLEMENTS TO "FIGHTING LADY"(MN-5298) Part 2

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No. 6583 itselfSubject: SUPPLEMENTS TO "FIGHTING LADY"(MN-5298)Prod.: USNLength: 81"AV Tracers strafing island; bomb bursts; fires along coastline.AV Tracers strafing airstrip; huge columns of smoke; planes parked on strip.AV Strafing and bombing attack on island; bomb bursts.AV Strafing attack on radio station; part of airfield under attack in FG.AV Gun emplacement under strafing; fires.AV Island under strafing attack.AV Japanese vessel under attack.MS Officers making radar plot.MS Same; enlisted men talking in F CU Officer talking into phone.Old No. 1852Subject: BOMBING OF WAKE ISLANDProd.: USN (VD-3) Length: 104"AV Coast of Wake Island; bomb hits on island; columns of smoke.AV Bomb blasts along beach area of Wake Island.AV LS Coastline of Wake Island; explosions on airstrip on beach.AV Same as above; aircraft in FG (jumpy scene).MCU F6F** upside down on flight deck of carrier.MS Two F6F"s smashed on deck of carrier; other crashed planes in BG.MS F6F with one wheel over side of ship; flight deck crew working about plane.MS F6F on its side.MS F4F upside down on flight deck.MCU Flight deck crew aiding pilot m cockpit (pilot not visible).MLS Flight deck crew making preparations to turn plane over (short scene).MS F4F turned over on flight deck of carrier.MS Flight deck crew working on F6F, trying to turn plane over.MS Flight deck crew pulling on line, which is hooked to tail of plane.MCU PAN of F4F"s; one plane is tipped over side of ship.MS F4F upside down; PAN down to tail section; man putting line over tail.MS Crew tipping plane over.MS F6F upside down; crew around plane.MS TBF in flight.AV Island (apparently Wake)AV Amphibious force (SV).**Old No. 1852 fails to include the F6F activity beginning here extending to end of description.Old No. 6607Subject: SUPPLEMENTS TO "FIGHTING LADY"(MN-5298)Prod.: USN Length: 57"AV Strafing Japanese ground installation.AV Strafing Japanese planes on shore.AV Japanese vessel under strafing attack.AV Strafing attack on ground installations.AV Strafing attack on finger pier of island.AV Aerial attack along coast.AV Smoke rising from island; bracers being fired into island.Old No. 5239Subject: PLANE CRASHProd.: JICPOA Length: 34"AV Explosion; smoke; flame (night scene).LS Smoke and fire on ground; palm trees in BG; bombed hangars in FG; PANFAIR ACTION...GOOD

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities