Title:MAGWE BOMBED 23 MARCH 1942 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BAY 253-4
Other titles:AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP AND THE BOMBING OF MAGWE 23 MARCH 1942 [Allocated Title]
Summary: Mute, unedited footage shot by British Paramount News cameraman Maurice Ford in Burma.
Description: American Volunteer Group (AVG), Magwe, Burma, 23 March 1942. Prescott, a member of AVG ground crew refuelling a Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk fighter aircraft. Shot of the nose of a Tomahawk airplane focusing on the painted sharks teeth design. Brief shot of AVG pilot Moss in cockpit of Tomahawk aircraft. Quick panning shot of Tomahawk aircraft on the runway. Shot of a Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft. Numerous shots of various Tomahawk aircraft taxiing and taking off from airfield. Shots of Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Bristol Blenheim aircraft taking off from airfield.
Burma, 23 March 1942. View from moving vehicle driving along deserted road. View of explosions on ground in the distance, presumable Magwe airfield. Several shots of smoke rising in to the air. Plumes of black smoke rising in to the sky. Shot of a road sign "51 TAUNGDWINCYI" and "2 MAGWE". RAF Hawker Hurricane flying overhead. Various shots of smoke in the distance. Shots of flames and heavy smoke in the mid-distance.
Alternative Title:AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP AND THE BOMBING OF MAGWE 23 MARCH 1942 [Allocated Title]
