Bismarck sea victory ; Jap armada smashed!

Duration: 10

Year Published: 1943

Creator: Castle Films.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: silent

Credits: Castle, Eugene W. editing.; Coy, James, narration.; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964.; Walker, Brian, 1913-; McCuen, Gordon.; Larner, Ed.; Hastings, H.E.; Castle Films, inc.

Description: Intertitles: Bismarck sea victory: American factories-- where victory is born -- A miracle of management and men - - Thousands of America's finest, train for air duty! -- Student pilots--cream of "The national that taught the world to fly" -- Tojo gets it--right on the nose! Jap armada smashed!: At a southwest Pacific air base -- Off they go--winging their way to battle! -- 10 Jap warships and 12 transports are sighted! -- Allied strategy! -- Bombs drop with crushing accuracy! -- Perfect hits on a 10, 000 ton Jap transport -- Fighter planes sweep in! -- 102 Jap planes are destroyed or damaged -- 226 tons of bombs demolish 22 Jap ships! -- A salute for Hirohito! -- General MacArthur proclaims a major victory! -- American and Australian heroes of Bismarck Sea! -- Aussie commander "Black Jack" Walker -- Lieut. Gordon McCuen of New York -- Major Ed. Larner of San Francisco -- Major H.E. Hastings of Texas -- The Aussie and the Yank!--Vanguard of America's growing air might!; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.; Commentator, James Coy.; Eugene W. Castle, editor.; Begins by showing the training of American pilots and bombing run drills. Much of the footage shows the combined assault of American and Australian airmen on Japanese ships and airplanes around the Bismarck Sea area of New Guinea.; Silent with English intertitles.; PFA 1604-01-14339. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2009/ 11/17 Good, needs leaders.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE