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AVIATION - NOSE ART                                

 

221019-05   14:25:12 - 14:34:01            1910s - 1940s          SIL       B/W   

[Aviation Stock Footage 3]
INCLUDING:
14:28:18  Nazi parade with Hitler and raised hand salutes.  Battleship in heavy seas; planes on rain-lashed deck.  1940s fighter.  Early biplane w/ Henri Farmanni on wing.  USAF fighters in flight.  Early seaplane. Bleriot?  Biplanes landing and crash-landing on carriers - early 1920s.  VS more recent [1940s?] USAF and RAF planes - landing on carrier and airfield takeoffs; CU nose art The Turtle. 
14:32:42
[NB Intermittent sound - not usable]

221317          09:32:13 - 09:41:46            194?   SD        B/W   

[Unid. Die Wochenschau re Fighter Planes & Anti-Aircraft Defenses]
INCLUDING:
09:38:07  Young German boys in helmets.  People leaving huge bunker, boarding street cars.  Bombers over clouds.  Airmen looking at plotting table, speaking on telephone (SoF).  Contrails.  Anti-aircraft positions firing along Mediterranean (?) coast.  B-24 Liberator lands w/ nose art Sunshine; Look Out Im Poison.  Crew walks away from plane, standing.
09:39:27 

           

221652          12:42:16 - 12:47:47            194?   SD        B/W    Germany         

[German Newsreel footage:  Smelting Aluminium; Airfield & German Air Force Officers Briefing]
INCLUDING:
12:47:10  Parachute down.  Wreckage.  Captured bloodied Allied pilots.  CU of wrecked US planes w/ nose art (GOOD).  Low level German fighter plane fly-by.
 
220313-04   02:27:43 - 02:37:43            1940s Si         B/W    Italy   

[WWII - Italy, Livorno Liberation; Black Fighter Group; Piper Cub Liaison Plane]
INCLUDING:
02:34:22  Piper Cub Liaison plane coming in very low over building & landing on dock w/ LST in background.  Men watching (several landings).  Aerial of crane & dozen or so planes by ship.  Nose art:  She Dood It.  Piper loaded aboard LST.  High angle views of crane lifting.  Aerial over LST with Piper Cub taking off from deck.  Aerial of several Piper Cubs in air over large fleet or convoy.

221058          01:08:46 - 01:10:06            1940s SD        B/W   

Paratroops Attack After 1500-Mile Trip
RKO-Pathe News.  US paratroopers approach two Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport planes on Algerian airfield.  Troops load into C-47, in front of nose of C-47 w/ nose art BIG JIG.  Inside C-47; aircraft stationary on ground.  Three C-47s in flight.  Lockheed P-38 Lightning in flight escorting transports en route to Nazi-held airfield in Tunisia.  C-47s in flight over water & mountains.  P-38s in flight.  CU INT C-47 as men make jump near Tunis, parachutes descending, parachutes hit ground.  C-47s parked. 
 
220364-04   00:29:21 - 00:40:00            1940s             SD   COL          

[WWII - 1944, Documentary]  Pt. 3 of 4
Crews out of planes, wounded into ambulances.  Blood Transfusion given aboard plane.  Happy.  B-17 Flying Fortress bombers landing.  Damaged planes.  Nose art.  CU of damage.  Crews smiling; decorated.  Crew in arriving plane & view from landing bomber.  Taking in & kissing ground & gun.  Decorated crew.  Arrival of King George & Queen Elizabeth and shaking hands with crew. General Acre ? and General Devas ? ( US commander)

220370          18:33:18 - 18:39:13            1940s; 1980s?         SD        COL&B/W        USA     

[WWII Airplanes]
Air Force Now
Pearl Harbor attack.  Flying Tigers P-40s w shark faces painted on.
Col. Joe Engle Air Force Astronaut assigned to Shuttle Space Program presents.  Montage nose art.  Montage WWII bomber airplanes.
18:35:56

220998          11:11:20 - 11:22:11            1942   SIL   COL          England           

Memphis Belle Outtakes [Reel 27 Part 2]
[Eighth Air Force activity during World War II.  Highlighting the B-17 bomber, MEMPHIS, selected for tour of USA after completing 25 missions.  Combat missions and tour scenes.]
MS crew of a B-17 pose for picture near plane.   Airmen into USAF jeep.  VS aerial formation of B-17s inc. AV of countryside and coastline and INT gunner in gun turret.
11:15:16  US airfield in England taken from side window of aircraft as it taxis across field near hangars; buildings, planes and airmen / ground crew seen.  CU damaged tail [dark].  CU damaged stabilizer, sunset in BG.  CU name of plane, WHAT'S COOKIN' DOC w/ nose art of Bugs Bunny on top of bomb.  Flak damage to plane [dark].  MS damaged rudder.  CU demolished tail gun.  CU name of plane, DAME SATAN w/ nose art, large flak hole in same.  CU flak hole. 
11:20:05  MS pilot in cockpit; CU crew looks at damaged wing flap; pan along assembled crew of this B-17.  MS damaged wing flap and tail stabilizer.  CU damaged flap.  CU name of plane, LITTLE JOHN w/ nose art.  CU damaged tail gun compartment.  MS damaged rudder.  MS crew stand near tail.  B-17 taxiing, tail controls almost gone from plane, heavy damage to tail.  MS airmen look at plane.  Good - excellent colour.
 
220580          05:00:10 - 05:12:23            1942   SIL    COL

Battle of Midway and Pearl Harbor Damage
INCLUDING:
05:03:19 MLS Hawaiian street; MP, seated on motorcycle,  Street scenes, two MPs,  Two MPs in a jeep 05:04:08  Various shots nose art on aircraft - some under camouflage netting.   HA MS Bow of ship underway. LS Coastline & island. LS Ships underway; man stands on stern of ship, sailors leaning on deck rail.
05:06:33       

 

220831          20:10:09 - 20:13:34            1942   SD        B/W    Pacific

US Marines On Guadalcanal Push Back Jap Troops

INCLUDING:
20:10:41  Pan across Guadalcanal airport ; moving and loading large 1000 lb bomb under plane.  Pan over large bombers & crews around them.  Nose art Boomerang, My Nel II, The Skylark.
20:11:26

 

220818-01   06:00:09 - 06:08:12            1942   SD        B/W    Hollandia        

[Japanese News, 1942]
INCLUDING:
06:06:53  04Feb42  Japanese bombers attack allied warships in the Java Sea off Hollandia.  Planes in formation above clouds - nose art: doll painted.  Bombs burst in a ship's wake.
 
221395-02   11:11:43 - 11:22:13            1942   SIL       B/W    Northern Ireland       

[B-17 Returns From First Raid Over Germany; Commemoration of Landing of First AEF 26Jan42 Under Major General Hartle at Northern Island]
B-17 low & landing away from camera, taxiis to stop. Nose art:  Jersey Bounce, pilot.  Machine gun & gunner w/ Sleeping Beauty below window.  Crew out of plane past camera.  Ten crewmen pose.  CU art:  The 8 Ball & down to piilot chewing gum & smiling, crew beneath posing.
11:13:13 

           

221692-04   18:47:11 - 19:01:45            1942   SIL       COL                 

[1942 - December, North Africa USA 12th Air Force & British & French Officers]  Pt. 2 of 2
INCLUDING:
18:47:38  Airfield, airmen working on engines on ground; plane nose in foreground w/ Pegasus nose art.  MS working on motors; CUs.  4-engine plane w/ roof turret begins to  taxi.
18:48:12 

           

H1266-06     10:54:10 - 11:01:43            1942   SD        B/W               

R4 of 4  Continued
B17s overhead & landing on dirt / gravel airstrip & parked.  Men moving about.  Nose art:  Boomerang.  Fuelling.  The Skylark.  CU man fuelling.  Spook w/ holes from flak.  Others landing.
10:56:32

NOTE:  GOOD QUALITY - Romanticized view of Marines.

250066-08   10:58:28 - 11:09:53            1942   SIL       COL     

[WWII - 1942, England, Memphis Belle Outtakes]
INCLUDING:
11:04:18  General Devers & Col. Eaker inspect MEMPHIS BELLE; nose art visible.  Crew in FG w/ backs to camera, officers stand behind BBC mic.
11:04:32

NOTE:  Any continuous 10 minutes of two parts  (10:49:03 - 11:09:53) sold at per reel rate.

221057          11:25:05 - 11:35:22            1942 - 1945 c          SIL       B/W   

[Selected Scenes - USAF 8th Bomber Command]
INCLUDING:
11:27:16  Officers standing in front of large Mission Board & smaller chart Battle Order; documents gathered for flight crews [?].  Night shots: ground crew preparing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers for mission; nose art glimpsed - Mizpah ?; propellers tested; bombs loaded; bomb hatch closed.  English church.  Quonset huts - crew woken up in middle of night. 
11:30:42

220999          12:13:40 - 12:23:00            1942   SIL    COL        England           

The 303 Bombardment Group - The Men and Their Bird of War - Outstanding in the Field of Battle
Molesworth, England:  VS B-17 Flying Fortresses lined up on airfield [colour faded].
12:14:39  Closer shots of B-17s on tarmac [good colour].  CU plane name Hunga-Dunga; crew walk under wing.  CU plane name Garbage.  VS USAF personnel pose and joke for camera.  CU plane name Zombie.  Vars nose art inc Jerry Jinx - Hostess Wanted - Sky Wolf - Thumper with painting of Disney rabbit.
12:16:52  Crew.  Nose art Idaho Potato Peeler - Hell Cat - The 8 Ball - The Duchess - One OClock Jump - The Devil Himself - Delta Rebel No. 2 - Knock Out Dropper - Lady Fairweather - The Green Hornet - Texas Wreck.  Engines painted w/ vars female names w/ propellers turning.  Crew pose for camera; pilot gives thumbs-up from cockpit.
12:18:48  Vars aircraft taking off.
12:19:50  Air to air plane in flight Garbage; VS B-17s in flight over coastline.  White Cliffs of Dover ?
 

221660          04:00:16 - 04:11:02            1942; 1944; 1940s;            SD        B/W   

Tunisian Victory  R5 of 8
INCLUDING:
04:09:24  Allied Generals conferring w/ Ike.  Animated diagram of plan of attack like a piston.  LS of mountains.  Ike & others on airstrip.  Gen. Spaatz; Jimmy Doolittle; Nose art:  Yankee Doodle, Jersey Jackass, Alice the ??, Fancy Pants.
NOTE:  Good quality.  Film contains staged footage as well as actuality.

220415          08:01:02 - 08:08:29            1943   SD        B/W               

All-American  R1 of 3
INCLUDING:
08:03:02  Jungle military camp life; makeshift shower & bath tub; doing laundry.  MCU joking men & officers; New Guinea natives helping allies.  Good nose art w/ Dopey, Pluto, naked ladies & other cartoon characters & jokes. 
08:04:15 

           

221044          19:53:50 - 19:58:18            1943   SD        B/W    Pacific

They Deliver The Goods

[Part 2]
Pan across enemy airfield destroyed by Allies - reconstruction work - B-17 Flying Fortress lands on repaired airstrip.  B-24 Liberator bomber crash lands past camera - landing gear buckled - Marines survey damage, plane jacked up & new rudder fixed.  Plane engine removed and overhauled - outdoor repair shop - bomber w/ Eager Beavers nose art.  Cargo plane loaded w/ supplies & take off.  Assault troops onto transport boats - trucks loaded - Marines carry supplies onto landing craft.  LS landing craft at sea.
           

250087-01   04:00:01 - 04:10:37            1943   SD        B/W   

[WWII - 1943:  Pantelleria; Memphis Belle to US; Gunnar Haag; Nurses Enlist; China; P47s]
Titles.
INCLUDING:

04:02:25  Title:  Heroes of 25 Raids Bring Bomber To U.S.  Crew at attention beside aircraft.  CU nose art of Memphis Belle; CU bombs for missions over Germany.  Crew on jeep & into plane w/ Black Scotty mascot dog.  CUs crew in plane, taking off, in flight, landing Washington DC.  Pose in front of plane.
04:03:58 

           

221337-06   09:20:36 - 09:26:20            1943 (?)       SIL       B/W   

(King George VI Inspecting B-17 Crews & British RAF in Libya] (19Jun43?)
INCLUDING:

09:22:38  Nose art of skeleton on bomb & name Holey Jet.  Plane tail 124352 number visible as officers walk past.  CU of crewmen in leather helmets smiling.  Other inspection shots of VIPs w/ crew & ground crew posing and inspected.  Teggie Ann nose.  King leaves in jeep.  POV past plane.
09:24:08 

           

221660          04:21:04 - 04:29:52            1943; 1944; 1940s;            SD        B/W               

Tunisian Victory  R7 of 8
INCLUDING:
04:27:50  Gen. Montgomery & others of Eighth Army planning.  Advancing.  Men loading ammunition & bombs into planes.  Bomber w/ nose art re Idaho.  Plane motors starting.  Soldiers watch planes flying over.  POV from planes in formations.  Ground attack w/ mortars, infantry, machine guns. 
04:29:22
NOTE:  Good quality.  Film contains staged footage as well as actuality.

220364-01   00:00:22 - 00:09:59            1944   SD     COL

[WWII - 1944, Documentary]  Pt. 1 of 4
Titles.
Rural England, pan barns to planes amid grain field.  Ground crews working on B-17 Flying Fortress & fuelling.  Stacks of bombs, carted to plane, fused & loading.  Pilots & crews briefed; church service, crews on last briefing & into plane.  Starting motors, taxiing & take off.  Nose art.  Aerials airfield & estates.
           

220643          04:24:38 - 04:35:27            1944   SIL       B/W    Pacific

[WII - 1944, Construction on Tinian]
Wide shot airfield.  Officer painting nose art on B-29 - looks like baby in nappies / diapers wearing boxing gloves Deaner Boy   Ground crew working on plane CU wheels.  Wide shot airfield.  Officers and crew standing around B-29. Truck arrives and hands out ?
04.33.07  20Dec1944 Quonset huts being built - construction work.
 

220643          04:35:46 - 04:45:44            1944   SIL       B/W    Pacific

[WWII - 1944, Saipan, 73rd Bombardment Wing at Isley Field, 28Oct44]
POV pilot as plane taxiis down runway on landing.  Air to air from inside cockpit of B-29s in flight.  Bombardier.  Air to air shots planes in formation - clouds.  Aircraft on hard stand.  Shot of runway, POV pilot. Pilot flies into sunset.  Air to air planes flying in formation.  Cameraman. Good top shot B-29.
Ground shots - aircraft taxiis past - nose art Dauntless Dotty with glamour girl.
 

220643          04:53:39 - 05:00:06            1944   SIL       B/W    Pacific  

[WWII - 1944, Pacific  Island Airfield & Cemetery, 06Dec44]
GIs filling sandbags on beach.  Marine cemetery / war graves.  American flag flying.  CU cross with Unknown painted on.
04:54:40 Slate:  War Bond Story   Ships in harbour. Airfield - P-47s buzz runway
04:55:45 Interior field hospital - men in beds (soft focus)  Trucks being filled with sand from pit.  B-29s landing.  Trucks filled with sand.  Ground crew working on engine - run to foxhole.  Anti-aircraft gun (Ack Ack) not fired.  Nose art on B-29 Devils Delight.  Sign on wheel: A member of the B-29 formation to first bomb Tokyo Nov241944.  Men cleaning aircraft.
 

220471-06   07:07:22 - 07:08:20            1944   SD        B/W    USA     

Heroes Of The Week - B-29 Crew Honored For First Air Photo Mission Over Tokyo
Crew awarded for reconnaissance flight.  Crew pose in front F-13A Tokyo Rose.  CUs crew members.  Brig. Gen. Hansell pins Ralph Stigley (sp?);  Harold McCommon (sp?).  Nose art;  Mission flew 13Oct44 or 01Nov44 by 3rd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron. PRS.
07:08:16

220527          23:14:07 - 23:15:54            1944   SD        B/W    England Germany       

Blast Berlin By Daylight
USAF Aircraft in flight formation - brief interiors plane.  Air to air bombs dropping on Berlin - smoke rising.  Aircraft returning to base.  Flares released from some planes to indicate wounded on board.  Bomber landing.  Wounded man transferred by stretcher from plane to ambulance.  Plane with Nose art  of American Flag - called flag ship and narrator says its the first American flag to fly over Berlin.  Bomber crews posing in front of planes - some sitting on wings - Captain of lead plane interviewed re first raid on Berlin. Other flight crew interviewed.  Crews cheer.

220761          02:24:06 - 02:25:09            1944   SIL       B/W    USA

[WWII - P-51s Bought by War Bonds]
B-462.  P-51 aircraft lined up on tarmac, tower behind.  MP walks into frame.  CU Nose art Pride of the Yanks, Mazie R  w/ mechanic working on nose.  Pilots to planes, MCU.
 
220883          21:22:14 - 21:32:26           1944   SIL       COL      Italy   

[WWII - 1944, Flight of the Frightful Old Pig  R3  Pt 3]
INCLUDING:
21:29:35  Nose art on B-24 bombers.  Slip Stream   CU bullet holes in tail of plane.  Dark interiors. 
21:31:03

NOTE:  Any continuous ten minutes sold at per reel rate.

221145          00:36:27 - 00:44:18 1944            SIL       B/W               

Philippines Campaign  (1944)
INCLUDING:
00:37:43  US troops loading bombers painted w/ nose art, teeth etc.  Bombers in flight, fighters accompanying.  Low level view from aircraft during aerial bombardment / bombing run from Middleburg Island to Buayan.  Supplies parachuted to Filippino guerrillas from C-47 transports.
00:39:48 

 

221124          20:19:30 - 20:27:34            1944   SD        B/W    Germany         

Die Deutsche Wochenschau [No.707 Mar44]
INCLUDING:
20:22:15  Major Baehr with others inspecting American B-17 Flying Fortress bomber hed forced to crash-land - nose art seen Miss Ouachita; wrecked Allied planes inc. Jack - P-38 Lightning - B-24 Liberator.
20:22:48 

           

250019-10   13:01:08 - 13:06:31            1944   SD        B/W               

[WWII - 1944, Blast Berlin By Daylight; Prisoners of War in U.S; Nazi Rubber Captured; Women in the News; Task Force Routs Japs]

INCLUDING:
13:01:12  USAAF Aircraft in flight formation - brief interiors plane.  Air to air bombs dropping on Berlin - smoke rising.  Aircraft returning to base w/ motor stopped.  Flares released to indicate wounded on board.  Bomber landing.  Wounded man transferred by stretcher from plane to ambulance.  Plane w/ Nose art  of American Flag - called flag ship and narrator says its the first American flag to fly over Berlin.  Bomber crews posing in front of planes - some sitting on wing of plane:  Ill Be Around.
13:02:18

Good sound.

H1379-04     03:29:26 - 03:39:28            1944   SIL       COL      USA;   

[WWII - Color, 1944, Saipan, Marianas:  B-24 Landings; Fighter Planes in Formation]
INCLUDING:
03:32:003  B24 landing.  Marine w/ logging arrivals.  Nose art on some planes.
03:32:56 NOTE:  Good color & coverage.
NOTE:  May NOT be Saipan.

           

220839          12:34:21 - 12:43:17            1944?            SIL       COL      France? Belgium? England?Miscellaneous War Film - Film roll 5 - Part Two - Good colour
Men around jeeps inspecting artillery shells; working on artillery weapons.  CU Mazola cooking oil can. 
Men moving off silhouetted in sunset.  Men sitting in twilight as officers in combat gear read orders.  Paratroopers? with US flag on left shoulder.  Planes Windy City, Bobbie Ellen 3, Dinky, Philadelphia Express on portable metal runway.  Men under wings of plane.
Plane landing on airfield. Jeep towing small artillery pieces.  Planes and gliders in flat area.
DC-3 taxiing for takeoff, towing glider with paratroopers?  GI shaving at mirror of jeep.  Two-star general (General Gavin?)
Glider Olga III loaded. Men climbing into gliders.  Nose art - pinups and old couchez avec is back again written on nose.  Signalman signals for gliders towed by DC-3s to take off.

Use of this footage requires a credit as follows:
Includes footage from the George Stevens Collection at the Library of Congress

221027          00:00:05 - 00:10:43            1944?            SD        B/W               

German Army Captures British and French Prisoners
INCLUDING:
00:09:16  German cavalry advance across bridge over small river.  Sign Valenciennes: Vitesse et Stationnement Reglementes.  Troops entering bomb damaged town, destroyed buildings.  French aircraft factory with destroyed, half finished planes.  German troops starting up abandoned plane on tarmac which has nose art of the Gallic Cockerel stamping on Nazi flag. 
 

220305-05   06:24:55 - 06:35:11            1945   SIL     COL        Japan  

Ganossu Airfield and Fukouka Japan at end of WWII.
American B-17  planes parked on muddy airfield. Nose art Your Gal.  Wrecked Japanese aircraft on field. American plane takes off.  Various shots scrap Japanese aircraft including interiors cockpits.  2nd October Scenes around dock area.  Damaged buildings - piles of Japanese helmets by docks.  US soldiers walk along  06:27:48  Military personnel including Australians standing outside building - refugees civilians and military along street. 
06:29:15

           

220436-06   01:52:18 - 02:06:14            1945   SD     COL         USA; Japan;    

[WWII - Color, 1945, Documentary]  Pt. 2 of 3
Group of officers including General Moore looking at map (exterior)  P-51s fighters  warming up, nose art The Deacon.  Fighters take off. planes in formation flight as P-51s rendezvous with B-29s.  Control room -   Man kneeling on operations table moving markers. Interior bomber and crew.  Fighters and bombers in flight.  US planes under attack by Japanese. Interior gunners compartment.  Exterior plane showing machine guns firing. Mustang fighter escorts.  Lead bombers drop smoke markers.  Group reform.  Flak.  Coastline of Japan - Snow capped mountain Fujiama.  US planes under attack by Japanese.  Combat footage, Jap kamikaze planes try to ram bombers.  Jap fighters drop phosphorus bombs.  Combat footage - Japanese plane goes down in flames.  Interior plane,  spotter signals to drop bombs.  Air to air shot bombs dropping. Bombs away  over Tokyo  AVs bombed area, smoke rising from Japanese aircraft plants.  AVs buildings in Tokyo destroyed previously by fire strikes.  Fighters, dogfight - plane in flames as towards camera.  More dogfighting. Fighter plane flying low strafing buildings and railway yard.  Attacks steam train.  Strafing industrial areas and airfield, planes in flames on ground.  Plane flies low over sandy beach.

220643          04:00:07 - 04:09:49            1945   SIL       B/W    Pacific

[WWII - 1945, Iwo Jima, B-29s on Airstrip]
Aircraft lands and taxiis. Lookout post in sand dunes, tents and military vehicles along side of airstrip. Tent with sign re coffee shop.  Interior men drinking coffee.  Plane making emergency landing. Injured man helped to jeep.  Ground crew looking at damaged aircraft.  Wounded crew removed and taken on stretcher.  Bullet holes in fuselage.  Another plane lands.  Bullet holes, ground crew.
Airmen standing next to B-29.  Various shots B-29s landing for emergency repairs, service and refuelling after missions to Japan.  Serviced by detachment A, 21st Bomber Command provisional unit.  Plane landing - nose art glamour girl and writing A-Broad Eleven Yanks.  Chow time, men digging hole.  Crew working on engine of B-29.  Various shots repairs.
NB This reel includes 10 second shot of Silver Plate B-29, type used in atomic drop with turrets removed taxiing past.
 
220643          04:10:06 - 04:19:53            1945   SIL       B/W    Pacific

[WWII - 1945, Iwo Jima, B-29s Serviced & P-51s on Airstrip]
Ground crew carrying out service & repairs on  B-29.  Crew pulling propeller through. Mail call ?  Relaxation  (underexposed) .
P-51s taxiing on runway.  Two men sitting on wings of Mustang as moves down runway.  Crew work on B-29.  Cleaning air filter.  Men pulling propeller through. prop turning.  Interior fuselage, engine removed  and taken away on tow truck.  Men working on aircraft.
Lines of P-51 planes along airstrip.  Nose art Jaywalker, No Step. Men looking at P-51 which has crash landed after being caught in crosswind on take off.  Body removed.  Men hose down smouldering plane.
 

220643          04:46:01 - 04:53:19            1945   SIL       B/W    Pacific; Japan

WWII - 1945, Nagoya Japan Bombing Mission, 14Jan45]
Aerial view B-29 flying over sea.  Air to air shots planes flying in formation - aircraft over coastline of Japan.  Air to air bombs dropping.  Flak - air to ground shots (soft focus)
04:48:59 Slate - Nagoya.  Air to air planes in formation - bombs drop.
04:50:28 Ground shots. B-29 on tarmac - nose art Forbidden.  Ground crew working on plane. Bullet holes.
04:51:11

           

220472-44   10:24:29 - 10:25:43            1945   SD        B/W    USA     

Army And Navy War Planes Scrapped As Out Of Date
B-29s cut up  in plant.  Scrap taken out in skips.  Useful parts taken off.  Metal scrap heap.  Aerial aircraft graveyard in Arkansas; nose art on flying fortresses. Obsolete planes lined up and standing on nose.

221026          23:07:54 - 23:08:55            1945   SIL       B/W    USA     

Surplus Planes Junked (Universal titles with moving flags - silent)
AV airplane yard with hundreds of planes in rows.  Pinups and nose art.  Parts removed and stacked.  Good shot rows of fighter planes lined up vertically, nose down.  Scrapheap.  Bulldozing.

220908-06   10:06:38 - 10:23:45            1945   SIL       COL      Germany         

[WWII - 1945, Airfield, Germany:  VE Day Announcement]
INCLUDING:
10:17:53  Men round downed  American planes Sweet Janie.  Nose art.  Various shots damaged P-51 aircraft.
Aerial strafing roads
10:19:36

221131-02   09:11:02 - 09:25:23           1945   SIL       B/W   

Dresden - Bombing of Dresden  Part 2 of 2
INCLUDING:
09:19:19  Dawn shots aircraft return to base.  American 8th AF Molesworth?  CUs props turning.  Nose art Hells Angels.  Various shots aircraft taking off & en route for daylight raid.  Contrails.  Bombs drop.  Good daylight bombing of Germany w/ smoking buildings, more bombs dropped.  Burning buildings.  Incendiary carpet bombing.  A-A bombing.
09:23:05

250025-02   00:11:48 - 00:20:57            1945   SIL       COL      Japan;

[WWII - 1945, Tokyo, Japanese Airfield & General MacArthur Arrival Activity]
INCLUDING:
00:20:10  Japanese trucks w/ GIs leaving.  CU plane w/ nose art Bataan (some over-exposed but good usable shot near end.  Duffel bags.
 
H463-04        06:41:10  - 06:50:30           1945   SIL       COL      Germany;  Wales;      

[Post-WWII - 1945,  8th AF Re-Deployment From Wales; Refugees & Belongings; Strafing.]
INCLUDING:
06:45:15  Slate:  Same except P-5.  Control tower; field w/ woman passing out coffee to crew in front of planes w/ nose art. CU airman talking to woman. Men on grass talking to women. GOOD but some camera problems. 
06:46:32 

           

H1532-03     12:18:53 - 12:25:44            1945   SD        B/W    Philippines; USA;      

[WWII - 1945, Philippines:  Corregidor to shelling Japan & signing surrender on Battleship Missouri]
INCLUDING:
12:20:47  30Aug45  LS across runway activity of Atsugi, Tokyo airport, MacArthur off plane.  CU nose art, Bataan; greeted by Gen. Eichelberger. 
12:21:17

NOTE:  GOOD quality & action.

250008-16   16:02:44 - 16:17:09            1945; SIL       COL     

[WWII - 1945, B26 Operations; Airmen Relaxing; GSAP fighter plane w/ hits on jet (?) & prop planes. 26Mar-10Apr45]
INCLUDING:
16:05:55  Crew out of front wheel well & walking off.  Large pin-up nose art.  Refuelling.
16:06:22

NOTE:  Much soft focus.

H2188-01     02:00:06 - 02:10:50            1947   SIL       COL      USA;   

[1946 - Operation Highjump, USS Philippine Sea & R4D Planes; Airmen Rescued; Heavy Seas; Sunsets]
INCLUDING:
02:01:40  R4D w/ motors warming up. Pilots in plane & nose art including Honolulu Showboat.  Men & planes on deck.
02:02:49       

 

221456-17   02:26:41 - 02:28:12            1949; SIL       B/W    USA     

Title:  Aviation News
02:26:45  CU Nose art:  Martin XB-51.  MS plane on runway w/ pilot in cockpit.
02:26:52
NOTE:  First flew on 28Oct49.  XB-51 submitted in 1950 to AF but lost to English Electic Canberra which was renamed B-57A. 

250089-13   08:56:27 - 08:58:22 1950            SIL       B/W   

Title.
08:56:32  Large airfield w/ B-29s parked.  Bombs on ground, planes landing.  Good Nose art:  Bub; Mission Inn; Double Whammy.  POV from nose behind pilot of taking off, gunner in turret, pilot in air & other planes.
Bombs dropping from bomb bay & other planes.  Clouds over mountains.  Smoke rising.
08:57:45 

           

H1990-06     01:16:58 - 01:27:07            1950   SD        B/W               

POV GSAP from F-80 strafing of roads & installations in North Korea by U.S. planes, 26Jul50. 
01:17:43  Crewmen around nose of B-29 w/ nose art:  Purple Shaft.  Men arming plane, machine guns & bombs  Bombs loaded & B-29 bombers take off from 19th Bomber Group bases on Okinawa to bomb Seoul & Hungnam.  In flight, man in nose of plane.  Air to air shots.  Bombs dropping from three planes & smoke rising near river bridges.
01:19:52 

           

H1896            03:59:30 - 04:10:25            1959   SIL       COL      USA;   

[Operation Deep Freeze 01Oct59] 
Slate:  01Oct59  Arrival of Adm. Tyree.  D8 / D-8 bulldozer past R5D aircraft w/ mountain in background.  Weasel moves over snow obscured by steam.  
04:00:05  CU sign: "WILLIAMS TERMINAL, WELCOME TO MCMURDO, PARADISE OF THE ANTARTICA". 04:00:13  CU sign:  "AIR DE VRON SIX FLIGHT LINE AND READY ROOM" 
04:00:32  R5D w/ nose art of two penguins; Weasel used to stand on to put cover over engine front. 
04:01:03  CU nose art.  Man takes picture.  LS of mountain w/ Otter plane.  Bulldozer motor idling & exhaust.
04:02:11  Weasel pushing ladder to side of plane, Adm. Tyree off waves, men salute.
04:02:41  CU Tyree & Capt. Lewiston talking, steam from breath against light.  CU Tyree in parka & sun glasses; walk off w/ Lewiston to dog team, Tyree looks, then leaves.  CU dogs barking
04:04:05  Tyree inside Snow Cat, waves thru window. 
04:04:28  Men around nose of R5D; Admirals flag raised on Snow Cat.
04:05:00  Slate:  01Oct59.  Man w/ beard at microphone inside small hall introduces Tyree & Lewiston to group. Tyree to mic & speaking (MOS), pan room of men listening.  MCU Tyree laughing at mic. 
04:06:40  Mess hall w/ Tyree at mic talking to larger group.  Men laugh & applaud.  Men leaving hall, talking.  Some w/ long beards.
04:09:30  Wall of photographs; tilt up to top of board w/ names of officers of Deep Freeze IV.
04:10:02  CU pan across board of men w/ parkas & many w/ beards.
NOTE:  Good picture quality.

           

221693-02   20:16:22 - 20:25:55            1960   SIL       B/W    USA     

[1960 - Pentagon Visits; Joint Chiefs of Staff; Agena Satellite; Robert McNamara]
Nose of Eisenhower Presidential airplane Columbine III (Lockheed VC-121E) used from 1954 - 1961, tilt down to crew lined up on tarmac, pan w/ MCU of individuals.  CU Presidential medal.  CU held on uniform.  Presentations, 27Jul60 (?).  CU nose art.
20:18:16 

NOTE 2:  Thomas S. Gates, Sec.of Defense 02Dec59 - 20Jan61.

250041-36   09:07:25 - 09:18:05            1963   SIL       B/W    USA;   

LS & CU of B-52G, HOMESTEAD'S HESPERIDES, on Offutt, AFB flight line.  CU nose art w/ Guardian of the Golden Peace. 
09:07:47

H1661-04     16:38:01 - 16:46:43            1968   SIL       COL     

[Vietnam War - 1968, Hometown News Release, AC-47 Crews, Pleiku AB, 08Nov68]
Slate:  08Nov68  MS AC-47 on tarmac, CU of nose art:  ghost, Spooky.  MCU three miniguns out side windows; CU from inside of barrel.  CU nose art.
16:39:12 

           

220337          01:36:41 - 01:41:36            1976   Sd        COL      USA     

[Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Ohio - Museum]
Pre-Titles tease
01:37:.37  Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Ohio.  Aircraft graveyard - rusting planes.  Restoration shops. Museum - Old planes run by bicycle chains - early flight aircraft - mono and biplanes.  WWII aircraft - nose art:  Strawberry Bitch - arty shots show detail of planes.  Modern planes, one with NASA insignia.
           

220356          17:47:58 - 17:57:05            1980s SD        COL      USA     

Air Force Now -  Step Into the Future
Track around Flying Tigers plane with shark-face eyes & teeth painted.  Nose art.  WWII planes.
General Thomas P. Stafford head of Research & Development talks of scientific discoveries made in Air Force labs.  Shows Apollo space capsules.
17:50:35       

 

221444          00:32:20 - 00:45:01            1987 & 1940s           SD        COL&B/W       

Air Force Now title sequence
INCLUDING:
00:37:30  CU portrait of WWII pilots; Brig Gen Robert Scott SOF, talks about lying his way onto a B-17 bomber to Karachi after Pearl Harbor attack.  Flying C-47 over the Hump for China.  Stock footage of Japanese occupation of China.  Flying Tigers & pilots in American Volunteer Group in China; P-40 fighter planes; pilots at briefing and in flight.  Brig Gen Claire Chennault; air to air battle scenes; enemy plane crashing. Pilots scramble to planes, take off, POV & fighting.  GOOD.  Montage:  Color CUs pilots posing next to planes - nose art.  Chinese & Americans.  Talks of Museum of Aviation as useful to educate.
00:44:15 

           

221446          02:43:08 - 02:58:43            1987 c [ & 1940s ]   SD        COL     

Academy - Flying Tigers - Band of the Golden West
Air Force Now title sequence
INCLUDING:
02:50:47  Project Warrior  WWII footage USAAF supply plane flying the Hump, over Himalaya mountains from India to China.  US volunteer Flying Tigers, pilots briefing next to P-40 fighter w/ nose art.  P-40s in flight & being repaired.  Pilots decorated by Brig Gen Claire Chennault; command center activity.  Flying Tigers scramble to planes, warning siren; take off, air combat scenes - Japanese plane crashes.  Planes in flight.
02:53:47

221368-01   07:00:00 - 07:09:44                        SIL       B/W    France

XIX Tactical Air Command  (19th Tactical Air Command)  R6 of ?  Pt. 1 of 3
INCLUDING:
07:09:09  Combat Film No 12583  17Dec44  Capt. Connors - 356 Sqdn - 354 Group  Nose art for fighter plane Adelaide.  Flying over church & small village.  Snow on ground.   (film rolls from shrinkage in printing).

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