51³Ô¹ÏÍø

2nd Bombardment Group at Langley, VA

Long rows of airmen of 2nd Bombardment Group with a bomber behind them / Secretary of War Harry Woodring presents the Mackay Trophy to Robert Olds / The men at attention salute / Olds stands with the trophy / The group stands in front of a bomber / Men examine packages of supplies on the tarmac / VS several planes turn on the tarmac / formation of six planes flies above / A mine dropper ship with the circular devices on the port side / Men preparing the weapons, lowering, and dropping the mines with a splash / Crew of a large artillery piece crank the barrel into position / Good shots of the men loading shells into the gun, ramming it, and cranking it closed / The men pass around wads of cotton for ear protection / A man wearing a headset looks through a view finder / A crude target resembling a ship is pulled through the water / VS gunnery crew fires and the targets explodes / A line of the planes move onto the target / VS the airmen in front of their plane and a closer view of the supplies for the plane / The men board with "2nd Bombardment Group Flagship" with curtained windows / VS Olds waves, takes off, and flies through the air / The pilots in the cockpit / Robert Olds kisses his mother; Gen. Delos Carleton Emmons stands at right; closer shots of Olds ad Emmons / Note: exact month/day not known
Long rows of airmen of 2nd Bombardment Group with a bomber behind them / Secretary of War Harry Woodring presents the Mackay Trophy to Robert Olds / The men at attention salute / Olds stands with the trophy / The group stands in front of a bomber / Men examine packages of supplies on the tarmac / VS several planes turn on the tarmac / formation of six planes flies above / A mine dropper ship with the circular devices on the port side / Men preparing the weapons, lowering, and dropping the mines with a splash / Crew of a large artillery piece crank the barrel into position / Good shots of the men loading shells into the gun, ramming it, and cranking it closed / The men pass around wads of cotton for ear protection / A man wearing a headset looks through a view finder / A crude target resembling a ship is pulled through the water / VS gunnery crew fires and the targets explodes / A line of the planes move onto the target / VS the airmen in front of their plane and a closer view of the supplies for the plane / The men board with "2nd Bombardment Group Flagship" with curtained windows / VS Olds waves, takes off, and flies through the air / The pilots in the cockpit / Robert Olds kisses his mother; Gen. Delos Carleton Emmons stands at right; closer shots of Olds ad Emmons / Note: exact month/day not known
PURCHASE A LICENSE

Get personalized pricing by telling us when, where, and how you want to use this asset.

DETAILS

Editorial #:
1133664055
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
November 07, 1939
Upload date:
License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:03:19:17
Location:
Virginia, United States
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:
sr003681_01_01.mov