- Title: V-2374
- Summary: ANGELS IN OVERALLS: STORY ABOUT P-38 "LIGHTNING" FIGHTER-BOMBER. DEDICATED TO MEN & WOMEN ON PRODUCTION LINES MAKING THE P-38 "LIGHTNING".
- Description:00:43:45 - CLOUD FORMATIONS AS SEEN BY WWII BOMBER CREW FLYING BY. B-24 BOMBER IN FLIGHT AMONG THE CLOUDS. 00:43:50 - ABOVE VIEW SQUADRON OF BOMBERS IN FLIGHT. 00:44:30 - CU PILOT & CO-PILOT AT CONTROLS WEARING OXYGEN MASKS & HELMETS 00:44:35 - TWO GUNNERS STAND BACK TO BACK AT WAIST GUNS. MAN AT REAR TURRET GUN. 00:44:40 - CU THREE B-24 BOMBERS IN CLOSE FORMATION. 00:44:42 - CU NAVIGATOR & BOMBARDIER AT BOMB SIGHTS 00:44:47 - PUFFS OF BLACK FLAK FILL SKY AROUND BOMBERS. POV OF B-24. 00:45:00 - CU BOMBARDIER AIMS THROUGH BOMB SIGHT. 00:45:05 - CU VIEW OF TARGET AS SEEN THROUGH SIGHTS. 00:45:10 - CU BOMB BAY OPENS. 00:45:15 - CU BOMBARDIER PRESSES HAND-HELD BUTTON TO DROP BOMBS. 00:45:20 - BOMBS DROPPING FROM BOMB BAY OF B-24 BOMBER. 00:45:25 - SQUADRON DROPPING BOMBS. 00:45:30 - AERIAL VIEW BOMBS EXPLODING ON TARGETS 00:45:40 - B-24 BOMBERS TOWARDS CAMERA. HUGE CLOUD OF SMOKE FROM BURNING TARGETS RISING TO SKY IN BKGD. 00:45:48 - PHOSPHORUS BOMB BURSTS & FLAK PUFFS AS SEEN FROM BOMBER. 00:45:53 - CU PILOT LOOKING AROUND & UP AT FLAK BURSTS. 00:45:58 - CU DAMAGED ENGINE PROPELLER STOPS SPINNING. 00:46:06 - B-24 TRAILS SMOKE AS IT FLIES AMID SQUADRON. 00:46:18 - WAIST GUNNERS GET READY TO DEFEND STRICKEN PLANE AGAINST ENEMY FIGHTERS. 00:46:23 - CU TURRET GUNNER AIMS THROUGH GUN SIGHTS TOWARDS CAMERA. 00:46:28 - CU GLOVED FINGER ON TRIGGER. 00:46:33 - CU TURRET GUNNER FIRING MACHINE GUN AT INCOMING ENEMY. WAIST GUNNERS DO THE SAME. 00:46:41 - ENEMY PLANE COMING TOWARDS CAMERA SUDDENLY EXPLODES AS VO GUNNER SAYING "I GOT HIM, I GOT HIM". 00:46:46 - CU EMPTY SHELLS FALL TO FLOOR AS WAIST GUNNERS FIRE. 00:46:51 - ENEMY FIGHTER PILOT EJECTS FROM PLANE AS IT IT HIT. 00:47:07 - ABOVE P-38 "LIGHTNING" COMES TO RESCUE. 00:47:12 - P-38 FLYING OVER 00:47:21 - MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS P-38s ON ASSEMBLY LINE IN PLANT. HOMEFRONT PRODUCTION 00:47:26 - VARIOUS VIEWS P-38s IN FLIGHT. NICKNAMED "ANGELS IN OVERALLS". 00:47:59 - AERIAL TANK ON ROAD BEING STRAFED BY P-38 00:48:07 - VARIOUS VIEWS "LIGHTNINGS" IN FLIGHT 00:48:12 - CU VIEW OF SERIES OF MACHINE GUNS & CANNON FIRING DIRECTLY AHEAD OF PILOT TOWARDS CAMERA. 00:48:35 - TWO PILOTS GET INTO COCKPIT BUILT FOR ONE. PIGGY-BACK IN ORDER TO LEARN HOW TO FLY IT. 00:48:44 - FIRST GERMAN BOMBER SHOT DOWN BY P-39 00:48:49 - P-38 IN FORMATION, PEEL OFF 00:48:54 - VARIOUS GUN CAMERA VIEWS STRAFING OF ROMMEL'S TANKS IN NORTH AFRICA. 00:49:20 - VARIOUS VIEWS GIS ON GROUND WATCHING P-38S FL OVER. 00:49:51 - GUN CAMERA VIEWS DOG FIGHTS. GERMAN PLANES BEING DESTROYED AS U.S. ACE MAJOR DICK BOND TELLS OF HIS EXPERIENCES IN P-38. 00:50:17 - ONE OF TWIN ENGINES OF P-38 CONKS OUT. PLANE CONTINUES ON MISSION. 00:50:39 - P-38 LANDS ON FLOODED RUNWAY. SENDS UP SPRAY OF WATER. 00:50:56 - FAR EASTERN AIR FORCE HEAD LT. GENERAL GEORGE C. KENNY GIVES OUT MEDALS. 00:51:10 - GROUND CREWMEN LOAD TWO 1000 POUND BOMBS UNDER WINGS. 00:51:15 - P-38s CLIMBING & DIVING. 00:51:20 - CU FRONT MACHINE GUNS & CANNON FIRING TOWARDS CAMERA. 00:51:45 - "WORKHORSE" P-38, TOWS GLIDER FULL OF MEN OFF RUNWAY 00:51:52 - MONTAGE VARIOUS GUN CAMERA VIEWS OF TARGETS BEING STRAFED & EXPLODING 00:51:57 - P-38 FLIES RIGHT THROUGH DEBRIS FROM EXPLOSIONS. 00:52:44 - BOMBS FROM P-38s EXPLODING IN CITY. 00:52:49 - VARIOUS SCENES P-38 FIRING SERIES OF WING ROCKETS. 00:53:50 - P-38 COMES TO RESCUE OF STRICKEN B-24. 00:53:55 - VARIOUS GUN CAMERA SCENES OF P-38s IN DOG FIGHTS WITH GERMAN PLANES. 00:54:42 - B-24 IN FLIGHT 00:54:47 - CU PILOT IN COCKPIT COMMUNICATES TO CONTROL TOWER FOR PERMISSION FOR CRASH LANDING 00:55:12 - B-24 COMING INTO RUNWAY WITHOUT NOSE WHEEL. 00:55:17 - CU LANDING GEAR TOUCHING DOWN. 00:55:22 - PLANE LANDS SAFELY, NOSE SCRAPES GROUND. 00:55:27 - CROWD OF GIS RUN OUT TO HELP. 00:55:32 - CU CREW ABANDONS PLANE. 00:55:45 - VIEW OF DAMAGED PLANE. 00:56:04 - P-38 ON FIRE COMING IN FOR CRASH LANDING. CRASHES, BREAKS UP, BURNS. 00:56:19 - GROUND CREW TRY IN VAIN TO DOUSE FLAMES. 00:56:24 - MEN CARRY DEAD PILOT ON STRETCHER.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: V-2374