GSAP Navy Gun camera views over Tokyo, 1945
Naval Photographic Center film #8535. National Archives description: “l) LS Tracers strafing Japanese planes and airstrip (SV). 2) AtoA Japanese plane being fired upon, explodes (SV). 3) GtoA Japanese plane flying low over ground, being shot at, hit. 4) AtoG Japanese plane passing in front of another plane; smoke coming from Japanese plane. 5) AV Japanese ship fired upon (SV). 6) AV Japanese airstrip fired upon.7) AV Japanese ship in harbor fired upon; return fire (SV). 8)AV Japanese planes on strip; strafing (SV). 9) AtoA Japanese plane hit; exploding. 10) AV Japanese ship underway, being strafed; return fire (SV). 11) AV Japanese ship being strafed (SV). 12) AV Rockets fired at ammunition dump; explosion. 13) AV Gun emplacements burning; Japanese terrain. 14) AV Factory building being strafed; hangars, airstrip. 15) AV Planes strafing Japanese installations; rockets fired. 16) AV Coastline of Japan; ships along pier strafed. l7) AV Tracers strafing ships along waterfront. l8) AtoA Japanese plane strafed, explodes (very good shot) (Producer: USMC) l9) AV Smoke rising from ground; tracers firing into mountain area. 20) AV Planes strafing lighthouse along coastline. 21) AV Same as above. 22) AV strafing mountain area. 23) AV Strafing attack on snow-covered airfield. 24) AV Huge column of smoke; tracers firing. 25) AV Mountainous terrain; Japanese installations. 26) AV Strafing buildings along coast. 27) AV PAN Bomb craters along Japanese road. 28) AV Japanese building along coast; explosions on beach. 29) AV Tracers strafing bridge. 30) AV Tracers strafing ship in harbor; other US planes making pass at ship in FG. 31) AV Strafing ships tied at beach. 32) AV Explosions on bomb emplacements. 33) AV Strafing airstrip. 34) AV Strafing ship underway at sea; return fire (SV). 35) AV Japanese ship burning, under strafing attack. 36) AV Tracers hit around planes in snow on airstrip. 37) AV Strafing two Japanese merchant vessels underway. 38) AV Coastline of Japan; sea in BG (SV).” National Archives Identifier: 78523
