Summary

THIS COULD BE AMERICA

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: THIS COULD BE AMERICA
File Number: AFP-25U 16mm VTM-25U Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Documentary
Year: 01/01/1944
Subjects: Aerials
Description: B W 1944 WWII bond appeal 00:59:46:00 B W 1944 WS 2 underwater depth charges explode at sea, sending steam & spray up in 100 foot explosions 00:59:55:00 B W 1944 WS Fighter planes swoop & dive in dogfight 01:00:00:00 B W 1944 AV Bomber-pilot's POV of ground careening below 01:00:19:00 B W 1944 WS Airplanes in formation line peel off to dive one by one 01:00:34:00 B W 1944 AV Pilot's POV's of bomber and fighter raids over diverse airfields, landscapes and seascapes during war in Pacific 01:00:36:00 B W 1944 WS Small snub-nosed black US airplanes 01:00:42:00 B W 1944 CU Pilot w goggles in cockpit 01:00:51:00 B W 1944 AV Airplane dives from clouds 01:00:55:00 B W 1944 AV Sites of WWII in Pacific 01:01:12:00 B W 1944 AV Harbor is bombed 01:01:19:00 B W 1944 AV Airplanes POV of ship steaming away bullets, flares and bombs are aimed from airplane to streak toward ship, its powder magazine is hit & an enormous explosion engulfs it 01:01:25:00 B W 1944 AV Airplane's POV as it makes bombing run over sandy beach 01:01:33:00 B W 1944 AV Airplane drops to deliver payload 01:01:47:00 B W 1944 AV River lined w trees & farms 01:02:09:00 B W 1944 WS Sky full of parachutes & bright flares 01:02:15:00 B W 1944 WS Airplanes careen thru sky 01:02:19:00 B W 1944 CU Tiny holes in air gunner's gun fire explosive bullets 01:02:28:00 B W 1944 CU POV of glass & metal-enclosed cockpit window 01:02:34:00 B W 1944 WS Hit airplane wipes out, plummets trailing dark smoke 01:02:38:00 B W 1944 WS Damaged airplane spins round on aircraft carrier deck, stops at very edge, sailors rush out to aid crew 01:02:43:00 B W 1944 MS Sailors rush to assist pilot & gunner of hit airplane 01:02:48:00 B W 1944 MS Men whisk killed pilot away on stretcher 01:02:57:00 B W 1944 AV American flag-draped coffin of killed pilot borne by sailors 01:03:04:00 B W 1944 AV Solemn aircraft carrier crew on deck during pilot's funeral 01:03:06:00 B W 1944 WS Sailors line ship's edge at pilot's funeral 01:03:09:00 B W 1944 WS Taps is played as sun shines on ocean funeral observers 01:03:15:00 B W 1944 AV American flag is whipped off coffin just before coffin drops into churning sea 01:03:18:00 B W 1944 WS Officers & enlisted men on deck salute 01:03:19:00 B W 1944 WS Churning carrier wake & ocean, sky 01:03:27:00 B W 1944 CU Title: CAPTURED JAPANESE FILM Title: NEW PHILIPPINES NEWS 01:03:36:00 B W 1944 WS Shirtless Filipinos carry big rice sacks to truck 01:04:04:00 B W 1944 WS Rice trucks drive down street 01:04:12:00 B W 1944 CU Men hold big glass jars containing ration of 200 grains of rice per person per day allowed Western POWs in Japanese camps 01:04:16:00 B W 1944 WS Emaciated Western POWs in baggy boxer shorts 01:04:25:00 B W 1944 MS 3 emaciated US POWs 01:04:34:00 B W 1944 WS Surviving POWs on crutches & skinny legs 01:04:40:00 B W 1944 MS Surviving Americans 01:04:43:00 B W 1944 MS 2 emaciated Americans drink at table from metal cups 01:04:46:00 B W 1944 CU Person in sunhat drinks from glass w clawlike hand 01:04:51:00 B W 1944 WS Line of crosses by high wall in prison camp cemetery 01:04:57:00 B W 1944 CU Names on crosses of dead American prisoners 01:05:10:00 B W 1944 WS Ocean rushes by 01:05:12:00 B W 1944 WS Men rush from amphibious troop carrier onto shore 01:05:15:00 B W 1944 WS Swarming GIs and Filipinos as Allies retake Philippines 01:05:16:00 B W 1944 MS Men in jeep on crowded street 01:05:17:00 B W 1944 MS Tank rumbles round curve in dirt road 01:05:20:00 B W 1944 MS Bodies lie on muddy ground 01:05:30:00 B W 1944 AV Small bombers release payloads 01:05:31:00 B W 1944 WS 20 parachutes blow past in cloud-filled sky 01:05:34:00 B W 1944 AV 100 paratroopers descend over lush farm country 01:05:45:00 B W 1944 WS Still: GIs raise Old Glory on Iwo Jima summit beside title: 7TH WAR LOAN - BUY MORE WAR BONDS AND HOLD THEM!
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