Combat Report R1 of 2

Titles. 12:24:52 Ext. War Department. Int. MS Robert Lovett at desk; Under-Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson. 12:25:10 Charles W. Kerwood talks to camera about Combat Report, SOF: “The information it contains, never disclosed before this photographic communique, has to do w/ an Army bomber...off our east central coast. 12:25:30 Submarine firing torpedo, seen underwater & trail of bubbles; ship exploding. Tanker Delia B with heavy black smoke sinking. Montage, dramatized telegraph operator in smoke sending distress call. Antenna; printing out telegraph SOS report; teletypes; navy officers; tickertape, men at microphones. 12:26:44 Mitchell B-25 over water from above, intercut w/ MCU of pilot & co-pilot; shots inside plane, navigator. Writing SOS, plotting on map, MCU compass, dials, gauges in CU. Searching. Adjusting radio control. 12:28:10 CU hands of pilot & co-pilot on controls. CU air speed indicator increasing. Shot of plane over water. CU of propellors turning. 12:28:38 Miners walking from / to mine. Montage of ore, furnace, ingots, cutting, metal working factory, manufacturing engine parts; assembly & testing of engine. Engine & plane operating in flight, pan across wing. 12:29:53 Designers looking at model of B-25. Tracking shot of aluminum mill, men working, forming, welding, riveting. WW2; WWII Homefront - Industry; Military; 1942; Army Air Force; AAF; Submarine Hunting; Hunters;