Piper J-3 Cub observation planes, aka "Grasshoppers," locate Japanese targets for US artillery fire on Bougainville Island, New Guinea
Title card: "Pacific - Grasshopper Planes on Bougainville Is." / CU grasshopper insignia on side of Piper J-3 observation airplane / MS mechanic kicks front of plane and sets propeller spinning, plane's name "Tommy" painted on side / CU low angle of propeller spinning / MS-PAN LEFT plane takes off from runway / VS AERIAL views of and from Grasshopper plane in flight, terrain of beach, jungle and streams below / MLS looking up at plane flying overhead / MS gun crew fires artillery cannon in hidden jungle position / MS artillery crew loading cannon / VS AERIAL views of white smoke rising from explosions in jungle / LS gun crew fire artillery cannon from jungle emplacement / MLS smoke rising from explosion in jungle / VS POVs from plane approaching LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized) amphibious assault craft in water, loaded with men and equipment / VS AERIAL views of LCM making beach landing below / Note: exact month/day not known
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DETAILS
Editorial #:
825344436
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
January 01, 1944
Upload date:
License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:01:03:16
Location:
Papua New Guinea
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr002571_04_01.mov
- Aerial View,
- Flying,
- Low,
- World War II,
- 1940-1949,
- Accuracy,
- Airplane,
- Airport Runway,
- Amphibious Vehicle,
- Angle,
- Approaching,
- Archival,
- Artillery,
- Beach,
- Black And White,
- Bougainville Island,
- Cannon - Artillery,
- Conflict,
- Crew,
- Day,
- Exploding,
- Film - Moving Image,
- Grasshopper,
- Gun,
- HD Format,
- Hiding,
- Identity,
- Insignia,
- Kicking,
- Landing Craft,
- Landscape - Scenery,
- Loading,
- Looking,
- Major League Soccer,
- Making,
- Mechanic,
- Military Airplane,
- Month,
- Moving Up,
- Newsreel,
- Papua New Guinea,
- Produced Segment,
- Propeller,
- Rainforest,
- Real Time Video,
- Shooting a Weapon,
- Side View,
- Smoke - Physical Structure,
- Spinning,
- Stream - Body of Water,
- Surveillance,
- Taking Off - Activity,
- Tropical Rainforest,
- Violence,
- War,
- Water,