WWII - 1943, Pacific, New Guinea: USAAF Bombing; GSAP; Black Construction Unit R1 of 2

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1943, Pacific, New Guinea: USAAF Bombing; GSAP; Black Construction Unit R1 of 2 Titles. 09:20:39 02:43:39 Intertitle: Aerial Techniques. Pilots in South Pacific tent briefed by officer at wall maps. Planes start engines; B-24 in flight. Title: Hansa Bay. Low shots of bombs exploding, smoke. Title: Wewak over formation of B-24 Liberators. CU machine gunman firing. B-25 bomber low over jungle airfield skip bombing & explosions. 09:22:35 02:45:36 Title: Rabaul w/ aerial B-25s; bombing & strafing; POV low over airfield firing tracers; dropping parachute bombs. Black smoke. 09:24:06 Title: Gun Camera. GSAP footage of dogfight & Japanese plane being shot down Lt. Richard L. West. Captain Joseph P. McKean over Lea hits Jap Pony fighter. Lt. Knowel Lundy hits fighter. Other pilots named & bombers & other planes shot down over Lea. 02:25:49 Title: Roll of Honor. Pan over extreme devastation on Munda Airfield after taking from Japanese. Black bugler. Roll call of Black Engineers / Labor Corps, going to work on equipment grading, bulldozing, trucks, steam shovels., surveying. Joe Drake from Portland, Oregon described. Mechanics & building foundations, repairing equipment, driving equipment: rollers packing. 02:28:50 High angle / HA pan of airstrip w/ planes parked & taking off. 02:28:48 Blacks returning to camp, mail call, mess hall, in tent. Sign: Munda Cotton Club, GIs playing cards, writing letters, talking. 02:29:53 Church service in tent, singing. Black bugler. Sentry. WW2; Segregation; Irony; USAAF; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. Has poor quality sound track. FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk