Einreinhofer (Bill) China Archive, 1910-2024

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Scope and content:: "Raid on Korea, activities at Yokota Air Base" Scenes at Yokota AFB, Japan, July 1950, of B-29s briefing of crews, air raid over Korea and miscellaneous activities of Air Force personnel. Reel 1: B-29s warming up, taxiing, taking off. CU, crew lined up in front of B-29 for briefing. Men adjusting parachute packs. Reel 2: B-29s stationary, taking-off, a. single, taxiing, a. formation. Crew with parachute packs and other gear, being briefed in front or B-29. CU in pilots' compartment, of pilot, co-pilot and other crew members. CU, from bomb bay as bombs are dropped. Cloud scenes. Reel 3: B-29s, parked and taking off. C-97, officers getting in cars and briefing crews. CU, officers in front of B-29. Men standing around airfield talking, drinking cokes, climbing in trucks with duffel bags, filing by desks and signing papers in hangar at Yokota AFB (poor), gathered around B-29s and mobile PX, talking to pretty WAF and standing near C-97. (unedited, silent) (July 1950)
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Parent restrictions:: The majority of the digital files in this collection are publicly accessible via the USC Digital Library. Each folder- and file-level record in this finding aid includes a link to the corresponding USC Digital Library asset. However, the files relating to the China Now (1997) documentary series, along with some of the interviews taken during the production of Valor and Memory (2024), are available for individual research purposes only and cannot be published via the USC Digital Library. Please contact the East Asian Library at eal@usc.edu for more information regarding access to the China Now files and the Valor and Memory restricted interviews. Access to the external hard drives, on which the files were delivered to USC, is also restricted.
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Location of this collection:: University of Southern California, East Asian Library

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