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SFP-194 (July 1945 B-24 Liberators)
About this film
Initial clapperboard says 7th AAF Combat Camera July 22 Shanghai. Latter one reads July 17 Take Offs. Color unedited silent AAF film of bomb runs. Also has footage of B-24 nose cone pinup art from the bombers Bomb Babe, Final Objective, Heavenly Body, Liberty Belle, Tiger's Revenge, etc. National National Archives Identifier: 5666 Description from National Archives: "TARGET SHANGHAI: A. bombs away, pan gown thru clouds to hits and explosions--CS B-24 flying over clouds--A. LS formation B-24s one peels off--A. MS to B-24 R-L over clouds and terrain--A. LS to formation over water--CS INT waist gunner (left) at station--Same, rt. waist gunner--Ext. LS up to formations of fighters flying over head. CS crew B-24 standing in front of plane. A. Ext. LS B-24--A. MS B-24 L-R--A. MS B-24 L-R--A. LS to B-24 4 flying R-L over clouds--A. shooting thru clouds down over coastal area--A. Ext. LS B-24 circling thru clouds--A. Ext. LS to fighter escort going by--A. CS to B-17 with "Higgins Juke Box" under wing--CS INT top turret gunners looking thru binoculars. CS "Final Objective" insignia on B-24--CS crew in front of B-24 being briefed--Series of CSs of crew during briefing--CU hands holding propa…
Directors & creators
United States. Army Air Forces
Subjects
Consolidated B-24 Liberator, United States. -- Army Air Forces -- History, United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Bombardment Wing (H), 7th, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American, United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Bombardment Group (H), 494th, World War, 1939-1945 -- China -- Shanghai, Mustang (Fighter plane), Gunners, Aerial, Bombing, Aerial, B-17 Bomber, World War, 1939-1945, B-24 Bomber, World War II, Airplanes, Military, WWII, WWII In Color
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