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Go to HomepageReel Number: H1269-04
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1944,
Country: Japan,USA
Location: Pacific Island,Staged
TC Begins: 14:26:55
TC Ends: 14:37:44
Duration: 00:10:49
NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Title. 14:27:10 SOF Middle aged man at breakfast table reading newspaper, served coffee by wife. Wife cooking & comes to read behind her husband re war news; says she doesn’t understand how Japanese got all the islands that America is taking away from them. Husband says the Johnson boy is out in the Pacific taking pictures - moans that he has to slave in a factory all day whilst this boy is off having a good time taking photographs. “What’s the Navy want w/ a camera, ought to fill it w/ bullets & aim it at the Japs!” 14:28:55 Night, siren cranked; hut where reconnaissance photographs are being studied. Telephone rings - passed to officer (”its for you as usual”) who explains that they are still waiting for some photos to be developed. He exits hut & goes to developing area. Sailor brings completed prints to waiting officer. 14:31:18 Pilot: there won’t be anything on photos “ there’s not a Jap on the island “. Officer explains details he can see on photographs - says they are building airstrip on island. Hut comes under bomb attack. Dead / casualties. 14:33:15 Sign: Thru these portals pass the fastest men in the World “. Repairing damage, setting up office again ready for use. 14:34:08 Reconnaissance aircraft in flight. Plane on ground, camera removed. Looking at prints to confirm that airstrip has been constructed. Information passed on to operations. 14:35:19 American naval ships. Planes take off from aircraft carrier. Aircraft in formation - bombs dropped blowing up airstrip. Battleships bombarding shore. Explosions in jungle. 14:36;56 Couple at breakfast table. Husband complaining / griping about being asked for money to buy cameras; Looks at camera. 14:37:37 The End. WW2 Sixth War Loan Drive; 6th War Bond Drive; Pacific War; Islands; Photo Reconnaissance; USA Government Propaganda; Dialogue; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. Poor quality. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk