Summary

US bombers on airfield on Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands during World War II

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Paramount
Negative # C2803
Clip SR002328_01_05mov
Date 01/01/1942
Title US bombers on airfield on Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands during World War II
Description Close shot of nose of bomber with word Boomerang” painted on it / close shot of bomb images painted on bomber just below side window of cockpit / close shot of nose of bomber with word Spook painted on it / VS members of ground crew on wing of plane refueling plane / pan across bombers parked in field with people moving around them / ground crew member working on underside of bomber, pan across to other bomber / close shot of nose of bomber with words The Skylark painted on it / close shot of bomb images painted on plane just below side window of cockpit / close shot of nose of bomber with words Lei Lady painted on it / close shot of tail of bomber with number painted on it / Note: exact month/day not known
Country Solomon Islands

Keywords

archival
newsreel
World War II
military airplanes
United States military
airfields
ground crews
refueling
islands
Guadalcanal
nose cones
art
airplanes
noses
tails
bombers
South Pacific
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