Slate reads: "VIII Fighter Command Combat Film No. 172 Lt. Kress 360 Sqdn. 24 Jan. 1944 356 F.G. Attacking F.W.190" However, the gun camera footage shows a German Messerschmitt, Me-109, with its landing gear extended, being fired upon. The ME-109 explodes.
American aircraft strafing targets of opportunity on Okinawa, during World War II. Gun camera views of tracer rounds fired at myriad ground objects, some along lines of communication, like roads, and others seemingly random.
Gun camera of an American fighter aircraft shows strafing a road in undeveloped part of Okinawa, during World War 2. At another road, the gun camera records attack with tracer bullets showing hits upon targets in road, resulting in explosions, fire and smoke.
Burning of Standard Oil Company tanks at Bayonne in New Jersey. Fire triggered by a lightning strike during a thunder storm, which caused Naphtha tank No. 7 of Standard Oil Company's plant to explode. People on street in Bayonne, with sky darkened by the heavy smoke rising high above the town. People evacuate area threatened by the fire. Horse-drawn wagons carrying goods, follow wheel tracks in the street. Several men with bicycles. Two men pull a wagon loaded with bedding and furniture.
A film titled 'Panorama Water Front and Brooklyn Bridge from East River'. East River shoreline and piers of lower Manhattan seen. Several ocean-going sailing vessels are docked. Piers and docks are crowded with ships and boats of all kinds. Steam tugs, ships and ferries seen docked. Loaded wooden barrels can be seen. View of the water front. Sign on Pier 20 reads 'Mallory Line'. Brooklyn Bridge seen. River traffic of tugboats and barges passing under the Brooklyn Bridge. Brooklyn Heights visible.
A film titled 'Panorama of Blackwell's Island, N.Y.'. Shore of Blackwell's Island seen, from boat . The lighthouse, at extreme Southern end of the island. Smoke from the Island's power plant stacks is visible. Sea wall built by inmates. Insane Asylum, including octagonal Lunatic asylum for women; Large Workhouse. Piers for construction of the Queensboro (59th street) Bridge. The Penetentiary Warden's home nearby; and the Penetentiary, itself. Finally, we see the Charity Hospital.
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