Summary

DOCUMENTARIES

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: DOCUMENTARIES
File Number: DN-LB-649 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Documentary
Subjects: Aerials
Description: 13:01:15 1945 Planes from USS Essex strike against Eiko airstrip on Formosa. 1) AVs of Eiko airstrip, Formosa, bombs burst 2) AVs over Formosa.3) Mts. of central Formosa stick through clouds. 4) 2TBFs & two escorting F6Fs in flight. 5) TBFs & escorting F6Fs. 6) Mountain range in central Formosa. 7) AVs of Town & settled areas in Formosa. 8) Bombing run on parked planes on Japanese Airstrip, bombs burst (good) 9) Shadow of plane on cloud (Good) 10) Interior Shot--Gunner adjusting gas mask & gunner firing gun. 13:11:00 Carrier Operations Aboard The USS Monterey (1940-1949) - 1) F-6F a c crashing pilot scrambles out of cockpit. 2) F-6F pilot in water next to a c a c seen partly submerged, then sinks. 3) F-6F a c on flight deck personnel seen nearby. 4) F-6F coming in for landing. 5) F-6F taxiing across decks of MONTEREY. 6) Large group of enlisted men standing near F-6F a c a c has wings folded pilot being photographed with Plane Captain. 7) F-6F coming in for landing on MONTEREY. 8) TBF landing aboard USS MONTEREY. 9) TBF taking off from flight deck of ship and is airborne. 10) Flight deck of carrier underway F-6F a c seen taking off. 11) F-6F getting wave-off. 12) F-6F coming in for landing one wheel gives away, a c makes crash landing. 13) F-6F, with wheel gone, lying on side crash personnel standing nearby. 14) F-6F taking off. 15) TBF landing aboard carrier. 16) F-6F's landing aboard ship. 17) Aerial photographer taking aerial photographs from open cockpit of SBD a c 13:19:08 ??? 13:25:53 VE Day, Paris, France, 1945 13:34:21 Radio Station WXLH is Opened, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Spraying DDT, 1945 13:39 Japanese Background Study Program - part 2 - Natural Resources of Japan 1939-1945 13:48 Japanese Background Study Program - part 2 - Natural Resources of Japan 1939-1945 13:54 DDT Spraying, Okinawa, 1945 14:04 ??? 14:15 ??? 14:21 ???
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