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WWII - 1944 , USAAF: 13th Service Command; Vella Lavella Airstrip Activity

Reel Number: 250220-04

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1944,

Country: Japan,Palau,Solomon Islands,USA

Location: Pacific,PELELIU,Vella Lavella

TC Begins: 12:25:19

TC Ends: 12:37:03

Duration: 00:11:44

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1944 , USAAF: 13th Service Command; Vella Lavella Airstrip Activity Fighter plane under canvas covered hanger under island palm trees; truck w/ bomb wagon arrives & crane moving bombs w/ jeeps moving in background. Large bomb moved under F4U & raised. 12:27:05 Slate: Cameraman Tutell. 23Jun4?. Bomb raised. LS trailer pulled away. 12:27:59 Slate: same. Removing trailer from under bomb. 12:28:27 Leader. 12:28:34 06Jan44 Vella Lavella airstrip activity w/ many F6F fighter planes on island flight line. MS mechanic painting on F4U w/ wing folded up. MCU another watching. 12:29:34 Jeep tows field markers, planes in background. 12:29:54 MS Crane truck moving aircraft engine into work shop, attach to winch; mechanics work on engine. CUs mechanics. 12:31:30 Plane overhead; LS planes on airstrip. MCU Man painting on fuselage; men fitting wing on F4U in repair area. LS repair building w/ open front. CU sign: This Aircraft To Be Repaired. Souvenir Hunters Keep Off. 12:32:47 Mechanics work on twin-engine plane, P-38 w/ Sue Baby on nose 12:33:07 MCU & HA of pilot out of F4U. Pilot inspects damaged tail & rudder, Maj. Coles wipes brow. 12:33:48 F4U approaches, makes pancake landing. 12:34:05 DC-3 on airstrip. 3 LCMs BG (brief). Planes land past control tower & buildings; Quonset has SCAT written on roof. 12:35:07 MS Crash truck hoists crashed F4U. 12:35:27 SBD, F6F, taxiis in rain past buildings on airstrip. Ships in harbor move about beyond buildings, hazy. WW2; Marine Aircraft; Naval Aircraft; Daily Activity; Pacific Islands Airstrips; NOTE: Two reels combined on this card 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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