WWII - 1944, USAAF Newsreel: B-24s Bomb Wake Island; P-38s Delivered To Henderson Field; Windmills Do Laundry; Homemade Aircraft Tire Remover R1 of 2

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1944, USAAF Newsreel: B-24s Bomb Wake Island; P-38s Delivered To Henderson Field; Windmills Do Laundry; Homemade Aircraft Tire Remover R1 of 2 Title: This Film Has Been Declassified (possible gag usage). 12:09:53 Main titles over clouds. Intertitle: 7th AAFCCU 138? Bombing of Wake Island 16May44. 12:10:21 Animated arrow on map from New Guinea to Wake Island w/ Marshall, Hawaiian Islands & Japan. 12:10:29 7th Air Force B-24 Liberators taking off from Kwajalein; aerial in flight. Aerial of Wake Island & atoll. Bombardier at bomb sight & dropping 100 lb bombs on Peacock Point. Many views of atoll & airfield. 12:11:37 Intertitle 31May44 over map. POV from plane taking off from Kwajalein with CU wheel raising into wing. Aerial MCU of B-24; view of Wake Island atoll. Aerial alongside B-24 dropping string of bombs; explosions along beach & across Peacock Point. 12:13:15 Intertitle: 6TH AAFCCU 1653 Carrier Turns Freighter. Guadalcanal 13Jun44. Map of Solomon Islands w/ animated arrow to Guadalcanal. 12:13:30 Aircraft carrier Savo Island (CVE-78) w/ filled deck docked; view from superstructure of P-38 planes w/ wings removed; crane moving past sign: Kukum Ship Dock. Sailors pulling plane on deck, crane boom swung to & lifting hook attached & swung & lowered to dock. Tractors tow to Henderson Field. Crated wings unloaded to trailers. High angle tractors pulling planes past cranes, trucks & other equipment. GOOD. 12:15:20 Intertitle: 7th AAFCCU 1461 Improvisation In The Field. Kwajalein 25May44. Animated arrow to Marshall Islands. 12:15:34 MLS Tents w/ various types of small wooden windmill spinning to operate field laundry. MCUs. CU & pan of large drum & small motor turning to tumble clothes washing. GI scrubbing on scrub board & tub. 12:16:35 Intertitle: ?? AAFCCU 1341 Helmet Stretcher Italy 02May44. MCU airman fitting M-1 battle helmet & liner for flak protection, to be worn over earphones Marking liner w/ chalk & cut w/ tin snips / cutting shears to fit around the earphones. Screw jack as spreader fastened to stretch helmet to fit over liner & headset; helmet pounded to retain stretched shape & man puts on head & fastens strap, CUs. 12:18:06 Intertitle: ?? AAFCCU 1341B Tire-Changing Tool. Italy 02May44. Improved tire-changing tool from wrecked railroad cars at Foggia demonstrated to remove airplane / bomber tire from rim using hydraulic jack at different points around rim. CUs removing detachable rim & tire lifted from wheel. WW2; Transportation; Resupply; Shipping; Ingenuity; Homemade Inventions; Ingenious Oddities; 1940s; Pacific Islands; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk