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US Bombers Pave Way For Liberation Of Pacific
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keywords: wwii, pacific theater, b-24 liberator bombers, new britain, makin island, japanese kamikaze attack
Synopsis: U.S. air power of bombers and fighter pave the way for the invasion of Makin Island and Bougainville and an aircraft carrier fights of a Japanese kamikaze attack near the Marshall Islands...(read more)
- Date: 1944
- Duration: 00:06:31
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Pacific Theater
U.S. Bombers Pave Way For Liberation Of Pacific
U.S. B-24 Liberator bombers bomb New Britain paving way for amphibious assault. Shows map locating the Island of New Britain in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Flight of B-24 Liberator Bombers. CU of B-24 Co-Pilot and Pilot. B-25 instrument panel, CU of pilots hand on aircraft engine control levers (throttles). Various scenes of falling bombs and ground explosions. Aerial view of invasion fleet moving in. Soldiers run from landing craft into jungle beachhead.
Map showing location of Makin Island, the northern-most Island of the Gilbert Islands. Gun camera footage of American planes attacking Japanese ships trying to bring reinforcements to the island bases. American planes attack Japanese airfield on Makin Island. Shows troop ships of General MacArthur United States 6th Army. Shows Lt. Colonel James Roosevelt with other officers on a ship. Soldiers climb down cargo net into landing craft. Amphibious forces storm the beach. Jungle fighting, bodies of dead Japanese soldiers.
Map showing location of Bougainville, Papula New Guinea. Heavy re-enforcements pour into Empress Augusta Bay on the western side of Bougainville to strengthen American positions. Columns of American soldiers advancing toward the front on Bougainville.
Map locating the Marshall Islands in the northern Pacific Ocean. A carrier task force battles Japanese kamikaze planes off the Marshall Islands. CU of anti-aircraft guns firing at Japanese kamikaze planes. View of Japanese kamikaze attack from flight deck of aircraft carrier. Several near misses as Japanese kamikaze planes crash into the sea.
- Related Titles:
- Military Newsreels: 1944 - Issue 1
