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WORLD WAR II - FRAGMENTATION BOMBS
220827-03 16:22:34 - 16:32:25 1940s B/W SD England Beware
- Butterfly Bomb R1 of 2
Adapted by US from British army instructional film - how to recognize and
dispose of a butterfly bomb.
16:23:10 Two British servicemen
walking along path thru trees spot butterfly bomb looking like scrap metal
laying on ground. One touches
& explodes in their faces; CU bloody face. VO They paid a heavy price for ignorance.
16:23:54 Bombed out houses. CU of Butterfly Bomb; soldier holding. Demonstration of how bomb opens, wings
cause to rotate unscrewing spindle to arm the fuse. Drawing showing bursting above ground; on impact or on
delay. Military truck driver
recognizes butterfly bomb in oak leaves & tiptoes round it but it explodes
putting shrapnel holes in truck.
16:25:57 CU butterfly bomb on
gravel. Military camp, soldier
runs into Guard Room & reports butterfly bombs dropping. Officer picks up phone &
reports. CU wristwatch: 02:50; 03:25. Men dispatched; march thru camp; officer & sentry to
bomb on ground & men rope off area.
16:28:43 UXB sign chalked. Men unload sandbags & build wall
around butterfly bomb. Search
& mark location of bombs in field. Wings of bombs w/o explosives found.
WWII Training Films; Anti-personnel bombs; Bomblets;
Aerial Mines; Fragmentation bombs;
WW2;
220827-04 16:32:28 - 16:42:17 1940s B/W SD England Beware
- Butterfly Bomb R2 of 2
Sandbag wall around bomb completed. Finding empty bomb container in field. Marking off bomb hole possibly made from unopened full
container.
16:33:50 Map of dock yard &
protection. Man, warden, runs into
office & women alert that bomb found. Men go out to search w/ flashlights aka torches. Searching. Butterfly bombs found. Civil Defense office & men & women at desks & reporting to
military. Telephone operators at
switchboards. Warning sent to all
section headquarters. Messages
passed. Map checked to divert
traffic & message sent back to posts.
16:37:11 Men gather
equipment. Marking bomb w/
illuminated UXB sign.
16:38:02 Daytime - butterfly bombs
littering East Road, trucks thru dockyard. Anti-aircraft gun post & firing at German plane;
butterfly bomb falls near gunners - quickly sandbagging bomb to protect gun
& men.
16:39:40 Destroyer at repair dock
- butterfly bomb on deck. Officer
ties cord around it & pulls it overboard using plank & line or rope
from behind cover. Abrupt ending.
WWII Training Films; Anti-personnel bombs; Bomblets;
Aerial Mines; Fragmentation bombs;
WW2;
221583 11:10:31
- 11:19:10 1943 b/w Sd USA;
Australia; Pacific AAF
Report Pt. 2 of 4
Graphics, globe, US air operations seen from North Pole. Fifteen air forces of Air Transport
Command. 11:11:05 Montage ATC at work including landing,
loading, flying; landing in New Guinea, loading jeep & horse into transport
plane. C-47 taxis on ice in Alaska where it delivered hospital - brief shot
surgeons. C-47 landing in
Guadalcana & unloading shot. Battle scenes, plane over wheels up.
11:12:19 Diagram of location of US
Air Forces.
11:12:43 Bombers in flight. 5th AAF in Australia. Battle of the Coral Seas - Naval ships,
guns firing; bombers over. Air to
ground, bombs dropped & away over sea. B-24 on reconnaissance, Japanese warships in Bismark
Sea. 5th AAF scramble, planes take
off. Flying at high & low
altitude over sea - bombing Japanese fleet / convoy. Ships smoking.
11:14:55 Animated map - New
Guinea, Port Moresby. Troops onto
transport planes. 5th AAF flying
supplies & equipment; evacuating wounded on return trips. Engineers arrive in Port Moresby,
bulldozer, men using pickaxes. Building airstrips in jungle. Various aircraft bomb & strafe Japanese held Pacific islands &
ships. Plane releases fragmentation bombs on tiny parachutes
over jungle, explosions seen from ground. Planes.
11:16:57 Diagram of USAAF bases on
retaken islands - New Guinea & Solomon Islands. 13th Air Force on New Caledonia; 7th Air Force on Hawaii.
11:17:25 Hawaii - Hickham Field
entrance, control tower. Night
shot bombers of 7th take off for Marshall Islands. Diagram showing Wake Island as a base against Gilbert
Islands.
11:18:10 Gilbert Island advance
base. Ground crew cleaning
guns. B-25G equipped w/ 75mm
cannon. Aircraft take off - flying
in formation - firing machine guns & cannon. In low over island seen air to air.
WWII Army Air Force; 1943; W2;
220832 21:29:48
- 21:40:00 1943
- 1944 COL SD Pacific Fighting Lady, The - Reel 2 - Part 1
Military Documentary: highlights
functions and duties of The Fighting Lady, pseudonym for the USS Yorktown, and
crew activities. Maps illustrate movement of Pacific Fleet and its engagement
with the Japanese in 1943 and 1944.
Truk, Caroline Islands:
Strafing Japanese ships filled with TNT - explosions. Bombers return from mission and land on carrier. Airgroup commander arrives
wounded. Crash landing on
carrier. Wounded on stretchers.
21:31:26 Map shows advance from Truk, Caroline Islands, to Kwajalein in
Marshalls. US Fleet en route to
Kwajalein: carriers, cruisers,
battleships. Men relaxing aboard
ship and in water - bathing, diving from ship and fooling about. Ship post office - sorting mail. Troops given pep talk on deck. Activities on board - resting - eating
- CU serving drinks from fountain and ice cream - watching movies. Carrier Yorktown underway. Patrol intercepts Japanese
reconnaissance plane - Kawanishi seaplane - downed by hellcats.
21:38:14 Command meeting. Map shows route from Kwajalein to Marianas. Preparing and loading ammunition and bombs; torpedoes; daisy cutters; rockets.
incl. A-24 Dauntlesses, TBF Avengers, Hellcats and A-25, SB2C and SBF Helldivers
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