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WWII - Color, 1943/44, Government Documentary: Fighting Lady, The R2 of 2 Pt. 2 of 2

Reel Number: 250187-02-P2

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1944

Country: Federated States Of Micronesia,Japan,Marshall Islands,USA

Location: Mariana Islands,Marshall Islands,Pacific,Truk

TC Begins: 16:46:05

TC Ends: 16:59:28

Duration: 00:13:23

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - Color, 1944, Pacific - Battles, USS Yorktown (CV-10) Pt. 2 Card 2 of 2 Continued... Planes return to aircraft carriers; surface navy ships bombarding Tinian. Battleships firing bombardment. 16:46:38 Returning plane, sailors watching, signalman on deck; damaged plane; burning crashed fighter plane on deck & men fighting fire. Burning plane w/ pilot rescued . 16:48:03 Debriefing pilots; radio plotters; men to battle stations; engine room w/ boilers, controls, turning propellor shafts. Skipper Dixie putting on helmet, mascot dog wearing life vest. Flak & firing anti-aircraft guns on Japanese attacking planes; MCUs. Hit planes into water; CU gunners. Jap Jill torpedo bomber thru flak & narrowly misses ship. Officer on telephone excited. 16:50:43 Map w/ animation showing location of Japanese Task Force. Montage: pilots to planes, CU man on telephone, take offs, air group in flight. GSAP dogfighting w/ during Mariana Turkey Shoot, many hits & explosions. 16:53:44 Aerial US planes over Japanese battle fleet; evasive action by ships. Torpedo bomber dropping & explosion. Other ships hit. Aircraft carrier hit. Another Japanese ship exploding. 16:56:07 Planes returning from battle of Philippine Sea. Belly landing; crashing into sea; crash landing into superstructure, injured helped out. Plane no. 30 pushed over side. 16:57:07 CU two men watching crash landing; MCU plane hard into superstructure & tearing apart, pilot climbs out as firemen run out. GOOD. 16:57:29 Sailors painting up scores / hits, on ship & planes, CUs. 16:57:58 Services & burial at sea, bodies under flags. CU of dead: Lt. Commander Upson, Lt. Pappy Condon (sp?), Lt. John Meighan (sp?), Lt. Elisha Terril (Smokey) Stover. Riflemen fire salute. 16:58:44 View off rear of plane taking off from carrier deck on smooth sea. Formation of planes above. Aerial of CV-10. 16:59:19 The End. USS Yorktown (CV-10), Fighting Lady; WW2; Pacific Naval Battle; Navy; Aerial Battles; Government Documentary; NOTE: Any continuous 15 minutes of two cards (16:30:27 - 16:59:28 ) 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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