Army Air Corps - WWII Combat Operations

Shot List:

00:00:02;00

CU image of General Chennault looking at map with two other officers at a base in China. Ground crew re-fueling plane. Coverage of a bombing mission to Hong Kong, bombers in flight, shots of China terrain below, bombardier viewing target and releasing bombs over harbor area. Bombers returning and landing at base in China, shows Flying Tiger's P-40 fighters on flight line in foreground. B-25 Mitchell Bomber taxing toward camera. Officers and ground crew personnel eating food from delivery vehicle on flight line.

00:02:37;13

Map of the South Pacific. American and Australian Air Force go on a mission in the South Pacific after Japanese convoy is spotted. B-25 Mitchell bomber with nose art Dirty Dora, flight crew race to board plane. Dirty Dora takes off. B-25s and A-20s taking off and in formation. Views of Douglas A-20 Havoc British Boston light bombers in flight.

00:03:26;00

View from bomber cockpit. A P-38 Lighting Fighter plane escorting bombers to target.

00:03:42;14

Good coverage of bomb runs over Japanese convoy of ships. Scenes of bomb-bay doors opening, CU of bombs, CU of Bomb Selector Panel as switch releases bombs. Scenes of bomb strikes, burning, smoking Japanese ships in ocean, GSAP strafing of ships, skip bombing, GSAP air-to-air combat, Japanese fighters exploding.

00:05:42;07

Returning fighter plane from mission makes low level pass over base and does a barrel roll. Black board at base shows Convoy Destroyed-22 Ships.

00;05:55;18

Montgomery's Eight Army advancing in North African in WWII. CU of 8th Army tanks, artillery firing, infantry advancing in North Africa. A panning shot of a dozen Allied planes taking off together from the North African desert creating a broad cloud of dust. Formation of B-25 Mitchell bombers in flight, bombing German positions in the North African Campaign. Anti-aircraft flake exploding near planes. Allied B-25 shot down in flames, B-25 in a flaming dive, LS smoke rising from B-25 plane crash site.