WWII - 1943, Pacific, USAAF: Brigadier General Nathan Twining & Crew Rescued From Coral Sea 03Feb43
Slate. AAF combat Unit #2. PBY taxiing to stop against gravel beach. CU rescued crewmen; Brig. Gen Nathan Twining, commanding general of 13th USAAF, carried ashore on shoulders of rescuers after six nights & five days on two life rafts w/ 14 others after B-17E ran out of gas on combat mission. On ashore as others watch; crewmen pose. Get into wooden-sided station wagon.
12:19:59 Walk w/ other officers; several carried on stretcher from station wagon.
12:20:32 LS 4-engine B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft taking off, pan w/.
12:20:51 CU Hel-En-Wings w/ 7 Japanese fill decals below machine gun. CU pilot Carl E Wuertele in pith helmet; pilot & crew posing beside nose of plane, turn & begin to board; engines firing.
12:21:40 Slated: same. Camera: E-26. B.
12:21:43 Rescued airmen in station wagon (dark). POV following station wagon along gravel road in jungle.
12:21:56 Slate: Camera: Akeley. Roll 1. View of sunset on transport w/ men & rigging silhouetted.
12:22:03 Shoreline from water; clouds w/ OA-10 / PBY coming in; landing past camera & panning w/ plane coming to stop. GOOD.
12:22:51 Men out to plane & help rescued fliers out climb out. Twining onto shoulders & carried ashore. Men w/ rescued crew line up to pose w/ sailors behind. Shake hands w/ rescuers.
12:24:51 Looking into wooden-sided station wagon & ambulance. PBY rescuers posing.
12:25:42 Slate: camera: Lt. Bergholz. Pan w/ B-17 taking off past camera. Several w/ control tower alongside runway. B-17 landing, parked at end of runway & jeep & ambulance to plane.
WW2; US Navy; Army Air Forces; Aircraft; Rescuers;
NOTE: VERY good quality.
NOTE: Sold at per reel rate.
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WWII - 1943, Pacific, USAAF: Brigadier General Nathan Twining & Crew Rescued From Coral Sea 03Feb43 Slate. AAF combat Unit #2. PBY taxiing to stop against gravel beach. CU rescued crewmen; Brig. Gen Nathan Twining, commanding general of 13th USAAF, carried ashore on shoulders of rescuers after six nights & five days on two life rafts w/ 14 others after B-17E ran out of gas on combat mission. On ashore as others watch; crewmen pose. Get into wooden-sided station wagon. 12:19:59 Walk w/ other officers; several carried on stretcher from station wagon. 12:20:32 LS 4-engine B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft taking off, pan w/. 12:20:51 CU Hel-En-Wings w/ 7 Japanese fill decals below machine gun. CU pilot Carl E Wuertele in pith helmet; pilot & crew posing beside nose of plane, turn & begin to board; engines firing. 12:21:40 Slated: same. Camera: E-26. B. 12:21:43 Rescued airmen in station wagon (dark). POV following station wagon along gravel road in jungle. 12:21:56 Slate: Camera: Akeley. Roll 1. View of sunset on transport w/ men & rigging silhouetted. 12:22:03 Shoreline from water; clouds w/ OA-10 / PBY coming in; landing past camera & panning w/ plane coming to stop. GOOD. 12:22:51 Men out to plane & help rescued fliers out climb out. Twining onto shoulders & carried ashore. Men w/ rescued crew line up to pose w/ sailors behind. Shake hands w/ rescuers. 12:24:51 Looking into wooden-sided station wagon & ambulance. PBY rescuers posing. 12:25:42 Slate: camera: Lt. Bergholz. Pan w/ B-17 taking off past camera. Several w/ control tower alongside runway. B-17 landing, parked at end of runway & jeep & ambulance to plane. WW2; US Navy; Army Air Forces; Aircraft; Rescuers; NOTE: VERY good quality. NOTE: Sold at per reel rate.