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WWII - 1945, Pacific: Oil Refinery Damage; Crane to lift B-29s on Guam; Dumbo Rescue; China Airfields Burned. Jul45 R1 of 2

Reel Number: 250163-01

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1945,1940s

Country: Australia,China,Guam,Indonesia,Japan,Papua new Guinea,USA

Location: Balikpapan,Guam,Kweilin Air Base,Liuchow,Pacific,Seppingan

TC Begins: 14:00:20

TC Ends: 14:09:14

Duration: 00:08:54

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1945, Pacific: Oil Refinery Damage; Crane to lift B-29s on Guam; Dumbo Rescue; China Airfields Burned. Jul45 R1 of 2 Title. 14:00:44 Intertitle: Balikpapan Aftermath 09Jul45 Borneo. Maps of area showing Marianas, Philippines, Palau, Borneo, New Guinea, Java, Celebes. 14:00:59 Aerial over invasion ships in Balikpapan harbor on 01Jul45 carrying Australian 7th Division troops. First allied plane, PBY Catalina landing on Seppingan airstrip after repair of bomb damage. Australian Army Engineers greet 13th USAAF airmen. 14:01:29 Heavily damaged Manggar Air Strip inspected. Soldiers looking at damaged large Japanese guns & other destroyed weapons / wreckage. Men cranking anit-aircraft guns. Collapsed nearby oil storage tanks Destroyed Pandasari refinery still smoking; 14:03:02 Intertitle: B-29 Crash Crane, Guam 27Jul45. 14:03:10 Men cleaning / salvaging metal to build improvised crane at North Field, Guam. Welding, fitting, painting. Moved w/ other cranes & assembled; attaching & llfting B-29 CUs. GOOD. 14:05:37 Intertitle: Air-Sea Rescue. Celebes, NEI 11Jun45. Aerial over 13th USAAF B-24 ditched in shallow water; Catalina w/ rescue squad picking up survivors from rubber rafts, but crashes on takeoff. Second Catalina rescues survivors. CUs men onto / into PBY from raft & water. 14:06:53 Intertitle: China Tide Turns 1944-1945. Map showing Chungking, Changsha, Lingling, Hong Kong & Kunming (and others). Animation showing 1944 surge of Japanese southward. Liuchow 14th bomber airbase & mountains & deserted Kweilin Air Base. 14:07:34 Airmen loading onto aircraft & flying out; explosion of bombs to destroy airstrip & buildings set fire as US flag lowered. Aerial over burning buildings. 14:08:41 Crowded refugees at station, under railroad cars, CUs. Displaced persons walking past burning buildings. Deserted burned city. WW2 Clean Up Activities; Petroleum Refinery; Fighting Aftermath; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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