- Title: V-2374A
- Summary: REPORT FROM THE ALEUTIANS: JAPANESE ATTEMPT TO CONTROL MOST OF NORTH PACIFIC BY INVADING ALEUTIAN ISLANDS & MIDWAY. DEFEATED ENEMY ON UNDEFENDED ISLANDS OF ATTU, ATATU & KISKA WHERE THEY WERE CONSTANTLY POUNDED BY US BOMBERS.
- Description:00:00:23 - SNOW-COVERED VOLCANO. SMOKE RISES FROM ACTIVE VOLCANO IN ALEUTIANS 00:00:24 - AERIAL VIEW ALEUTIAN ISLANDS IN NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN 00:01:09 - ROCKY SURFACE RISING DIRECTLY FROM SEA IN STEEP, BOLD, SNOW-COVERED MOUNTAINS. 00:01:14 - ACTIVE VOLCANO WITH SMOKE RISING TO SKY 00:01:25 - SAILOR CHOPS ICE FROM RAILING OF WARSHIP. CREWMEN IN ARCTIC WEAR TRY TO BEAR THE FRIGID WEATHER. 00:01:30 - CU ROUGH SEA. 00:01:35 - MOTOR-DRIVEN LIFE BOAT WITH SEVERAL SAILORS ABOARD RIDING THROUGH ROUGH SEA. 00:01:44 - CLOTH, CONE-SHAPED WEATHER VANE SHOWS DIRECTION OF WIND. 00:01:55 - NAVY PBY RECONNAISSANCE SEA PLANE BOBS IN ROUGH WATERS OFF SHORE. 00:02:12 - ANIMATED MAP SHOWS TWO JAPANESE INVASION FORCES AGAINST TWO OBJECTIVES, MIDWAY ISLAND & DUTCH HARBOR 00:02:54 - PBY TAKING OFF FROM WATER-COVERED RUNWAY. 00:02:59 - VARIOUS VIEWS OF POOR VISIBILITY EXPERIENCED BY PILOTS. 00:03:18 - CU MONTAGE PHOTOS U.S. PILOTS THAT DID NOT RETURN FROM COMBAT DURING BATTLE OF DUTCH HARBOR. 00:03:48 - ANIMATED MAP SHOWS DEFEATED JAPAMESE NAVAL FORCES GOING TO KISKA, ATTU & OTHER UNPROTECTED U.S. ISLANDS IN ALEUTIANS. 00:04:10 - VARIOUS ABOVE VIEWS U.S. TENT CITY ON BARREN ADAK 00:04:15 - SCAVENGER RAVEN IN FLIGHT OVER ISLAND. 00:04:58 - MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS U.S. B-24 BOMBERS TAXI & TAKE- OFF ON WET RUNWAY. MISSIONS OVER KISKA 00:06:12 - PAN ADAK'S EXCELLENT HARBOR. 00:06:17 - VARIOUS VIEWS HUGE PILES OF BOMBS & OIL DRUMS LAY ON THE BEACH FROM FREIGHTERS DEPOSITING SUPPLIES ALONG BEACH 00:06:41 - ARMED PATROL WITH DOG WALK ALONG BEACH. 00:06:46 - ARMED GI GUARDS ARTILLERY PIECE WHICH FACES OUT TO SEA. 00:06:51 - VARIOUS OTHER COASTAL BATTERIES, ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS ALONG SHORE. 00:07:03 - CU GI PAINTING LIFE PRESERVER. 00:07:08 - NAVY CUTTER, TORPEDO BOATS, & DESTROYERS ANCHORED OFF SHORE. 00:07:13 - VARIOUS VIEWS NAVYMEN SCANNING SEA WITH BINOCULARS LOOKING FOR PERISCOPES OF ENEMY SUBS. 00:07:43 - SAILORS SIGNAL FROM CONING TOWER WITH LIGHT. 00:07:48 - SAILOR COMMUNICATES WITH HEAD SET. 00:07:53 - MEN RUN TO THEIR BATTLE STATIONS AFTER SUBMARINE IS SPOTTED. 00:08:19 - DESTROYER BEARS DOWN ON SITE OF SUB. 00:08:24 - VARIOUS VIEWS EXPLODING DEPTH CHARGES DROPPED BY DESTROYER. 00:08:25 - SIGNAL OFFICER FLASHES HUGE SIGNAL LIGHT 00:08:30 - DESTROYER IN DISTANCE SIGNALS BACK. 00:09:00 - VARIOUS VIEWS SUPPLIES BEING UNLOADED. 00:09:15 - CU TATTERED U.S. FLAG BLOWS IN WIND. 00:09:20 - LUMBER BEING LOWERED BY WINCH. JEEP IS UNLOADED FROM BARGE. 00:09:28 - WINCH OPERATOR AT CONTROLS. 00:09:33 - ARMY TRUCK BEING LIFTED FROM BARGE. 00:10:00 - VARIOUS VIEWS TROOPS CLIMBING TO DOCK FROM LANDING CRAFT. MARCH WITH BACKS LOADED WITH EQUIPMENT INCLUDING A GUITAR. 00:10:39 - CU SMILING GI SPORTS PECULIAR BEARD. OTHER FACE SHOTS OF GIS WITH BEARDS. 00:11:00 - NAVY OFFICER BRUSHES BEARD UPWARDS WITH BACK OF HANDS. 00:11:26 - GIS RELAXING: READ NEWS OF OUTSIDE ON BULLETIN BOARD. 00:11:31 - GIS LINE UP FOR CHOW. VARIETY OF METAL PLATES, CUPS IN HAND. 00:11:36 - MONTAGE GIS LOUNGE AROUND OUTSIDE TENTS EAT FOOD FROM METAL PLATES & CUPS. 00:11:41 - SOLDIERS DUNK THEIR MESS KITS IN BOILING HOT WATER FROM LARGE METAL TUBS. 00:12:11 - MAILMAN DISTRIBUTES MAIL TO SMILING GIS. LAUGHTER AS SOME READ LETTERS OUT LOUD 00:12:56 - TWO GIS PLAY CATCH WITH BASEBALL. 00:13:01 - CU GI WASHING HANDS & FACE WITH WATER IN HELMET. 00:13:06 - THREE GIS WRESTLE IN HAY ON GROUND. 00:13:11 - GI CLEANS RIFLE AS ANOTHER LAYING DOWN PLAYS HARMONICA. 00:13:16 - SOLDIERS LYING AROUND WRITE LETTERS. 00:14:00 - VARIOUS VIEWS BULLDOZERS, EARTH MOVERS, & OTHER HEAVY EQUIPMENT BUILDING DYKE & AIRFIELD. 00:14:15 - MEN PLACE PRE-FABRICATED STEEL SHEETS ON GROUND FOR RUNWAYS. 00:15:10 - FIGHTER PLANES LANDING ON NEW RUNWAY. 00:15:30 - PAN RAINBOW ARCS ACROSS SKY. 00:15:55 - VARIOUS VIEWS PLANES SPEEDS ACROSS WET RUNWAY SENDING HUGE SPRAY OF WATER SKYWARD. 00:16:00 - GROUP OF GIS WATCH IN AWE. 00:16:40 - PLANE MAKES BELLY LANDING, SKIMMING ACROSS RUNWAY COVERED IN WATER. CRASH-LANDING 00:16:45 - AMBULANCE & GIS RUN OUT TO HELP. 00:16:50 - INJURED PILOT PLACED IN AMBULANCE ON STRETCHER. 00:17:00 - CU BULLET HOLES IN PLANE. 00:17:33 - PROCESSION OF GIS CARRY CASKET OF DEAD COMRADE THROUGH HIGH GRASS TO BURIAL PLOT. 00:17:38 - CU SOLEMN FACES OF GIS AS THEY STAND AT ATTENTION WHILE PRIEST GIVE EULOGY. 00:17:43 - BUGLER BLOWS TAPS AS MEN STAND AT ATTENTION. 00:17:48 - CASKET IS LOWERED INTO GROUND. 00:18:47 - GIS ON HILL WATCH U.S. BOMBERS RETURN FROM MISSION. 00:18:52 - BOMBERS IN SKY POV GROUND. 00:18:57 - VARIOUS VIEWS GIS WEARING WWI HELMETS PREPARE ANTI- AIRCRAFT BATTERIES OF MACHINE GUNS AS THEY WATCH FOR JAPANESE PLANES 00:19:02 - VARIOUS SCENES GIS WATCHING BOMBERS LAND. 00:20:00 - VARIOUS SCENES BOMBER CREWS LEAVING PLANES TALKING & GESTURING ABOUT THEIR MISSION TO EACH OTHER AND GROUND CREWS. 00:20:59 - GI STRUMS GUITAR AS GROUP SING LIVELY SONG, "AS WE GO ROLLING HOME" 00:21:31 - INTELLIGENCE EXAMINES PHOTO OF BOMBING RAID WITH MAGNIFYING GLASS. 00:21:36 - CU PAN PHOTO SHOWING JAPANESE PLANES PARKED AT AIRFIELD. 00:21:41 - PILOTS DISCUSS PHOTOS. COMMANDER POINTING OUT INSTALLATIONS ON PHOTO. 00:23:32 - PRIEST HEARS OUTDOOR MASS ON SUNDAY MORNING AS GI PLAYS ORGAN IN FRGD. 00:23:37 - GIS KNEELING IN GRASS WITH PRAYER BOOKS IN HAND. 00:23:40 - GIS LIFT BOMBS ONTO BOMB CARRIER. TAKEN TO PLANES. 00:23:45 - GROUND CREWS LOAD BOMBS INTO BOMBER BOMB BAY. 00:23:50 - GIS ARM BOMBS 00:23:55 - MEN LOAD MACHINE GUN AMMO BELTS INTO GUN TURRET OF MACHINE GUN ON BOMBER. 00:25:04 - PILOTS SEATED AT MAP RECEIVE FINAL INSTRUCTIONS AS VOICE OVER TELLS DETAIL OF BOMBER RUN. 00:26:20 - VARIOUS VIEWS PLANE CREWS & GROUND CREWS GATHER AROUND THEIR PLANES. SOLDIERS HORSE AROUND. FACE SHOTS SMILING CREW MEMBERS. 00:27:27 - CU FACE PILOTS AS VO GIVES THEIR NAMES & NUMBER OF MISSIONS. 00:28:12 - WEATHER BALLOON IS SENT UP AS WORD IS GIVEN TO "GO!" 00:28:17 - BOMBER PILOT SPEAKS TO CREW WHO LINE UP BEFORE PLANE 00:28:22 - CREW CLIMB INTO BOMBER. FIGHTER PILOT CLIMBS INTO COCKPIT. 00:29:43 - PILOT ADJUSTS PARACHUTE BEFORE CLIMBING INTO P-40 FIGHTER. 00:30:26 - FIGHTER PILOTS REV UP ENGINES. 00:30:31 - BOMBER PILOTS DO THE SAME. 00:30:36 - PLANES TAXI TO RUNWAYS. 00:30:41 - MONTAGE B-17 & B-24 BOMBERS TAKING OFF. 00:30:46 - P-38 FIGHTER-BOMBERS TAKES OFF. 00:33:41 - THREE RAVENS FLY OVERHEAD. 00:33:46 - THREE BOMBERS IN FLIGHT. 00:34:39 - AERIAL VIEW SHADOW OF LOW FLYING BOMBER ON OCEAN. 00:34:44 - VARIOUS VIEWS PLANES IN FLIGHT WITH BUSY CREWS INSIDE. WAIST GUNS AND TURRET GUNS TESTED. 00:35:40 - SHORE CLIFFS OF KISKA COME INTO VIEW. 00:35:45 - CU GUN CREWS LOOK OUT FOR ENEMY FIGHTERS 00:35:50 - B-17s IN FLIGHT, POV PLANE ALONGSIDE. KISKA COAST, VOLCANO IN BKGD. 00:37:00 - B-24s IN FLIGHT: POV PLANE FLYING ALONGSIDE. 00:37:05 - AERIAL VIEW KISKA. 00:37:10 - BOMB BAYS OPENING. 00:37:15 - CU FACE SHOTS OF PILOTS & NAVIGATOR. 00:37:20 - FRONT VIEW B-17 IN FLIGHT WITH BOMB BAYS OPEN. 00:37:53 - AERIAL VIEW KISKA AS SEEN BY BOMBARDIER. 00:37:58 - CU BOMBARDIER PRESSES HAND-HELD BUTTON RELEASING BOMBS 00:38:03 - BOMBERS DROPPING BOMB LOADS. 00:38:08 - CU MACHINE GUNNER FIRING GUNS AT ENEMY AIRCRAFT. 00:38:13 - GUN CAMERA VIEW OF ENEMY PLANES SHOOTING BY. 00:39:24 - CU TURRET GUNNER AND SIDE GUNNER FIRING THEIR MACHINE GUNS AT GROUND TARGETS. 00:40:25 - VARIOUS VIEWS BOMBS DROPPING FROM SKY THROUGH CLOUDS. 00:40:30 - AERIAL VIEWS EXPLOSIONS ON GROUND TARGETS. 00:42:00 - LOW FLYING B-17 ON WAY HOME AS ALL PLANES RETURN SAFELY.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1945
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: V-2374A