GSAP Gun Camera Views Over Tokyo, 1945

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film #8535. National Archives description: "l) LS Tracers strafing Japanese planes and airstrip (SV). 2) AtoA Japanese plane being fired upon, explodes (SV). 3) GtoA Japanese plane flying low over ground, being shot at, hit. 4) AtoG Japanese plane passing in front of another plane; smoke coming from Japanese plane. 5) AV Japanese ship fired upon (SV). 6) AV Japanese airstrip fired upon.7) AV Japanese ship in harbor fired upon; return fire (SV). 8)AV Japanese planes on strip; strafing (SV). 9) AtoA Japanese plane hit; exploding. 10) AV Japanese ship underway, being strafed; return fire (SV). 11) AV Japanese ship being strafed (SV). 12) AV Rockets fired at ammunition dump; explosion. 13) AV Gun emplacements burning; Japanese terrain. 14) AV Factory building being strafed; hangars, airstrip. 15) AV Planes strafing Japanese installations; rockets fired. 16) AV Coastline of Japan; ships along pier strafed. l7) AV Tracers strafing ships along waterfront. l8) AtoA Japanese plane strafed, explodes (very good shot) (Producer: USMC) l9) AV Smoke rising from ground; tracers firing into mountain area. 20) AV Planes strafing lighthouse along coastline. 21) AV Same as a…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War II, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, United States. -- Navy -- Aviation, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan, WWII In Color, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, GSAP, Gun Sight Aiming Point

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