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Go to HomepageReel Number: 220416-04
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1940s
Country: Pacific
Location:
TC Begins: 10:41:27
TC Ends: 10:51:20
Duration: 00:09:53
Story of The Black Cats R2 of 2 re Navy Catalina Patrol Plane & bombing missions against Japanese fleet. Men into quonset hut. Sign: Intelligence... MCU & CU Briefing PBY pilots & navigators w/ maps, pictures & weather forecast. Men up to leave. Men out of church. 10:43:56 Loading food supplies aboard Black Cat & amphibious takeoff on rough water kicking up spray & seen from above. View of wing supports off water. Clouds over seas; storm & lightning (GOOD). 10:45:31 Crew on board plane - commander, pilot & navigators, rough; intercut w/ lightning. Navigator working & plotting, talking on phone to pilot. Approaching harbor & anti-aircraft guns firing. 10:47:42 POV shot diving near water. Cameraman in nose of plane. Ship seen. Japanese cruiser firing at planes. Black Cat diving & dropping bombs onto ship; drop torpedo; ships firing. PBY turns. Another dropping bombs & good views of burning ships. Shots of sea & clouds. American troops land on beach off LST, wading ashore; walking thru muddy jungle. CU firing rifles. PBY in flight. The End. WWII Pacific Islands; Military Aviation;