Motion Picture MP2019-4
Administrative Information
Home movies shot by 1st Lt. Raymond Moser, 3rd Bomb Wing, who served as navigator and bombardier. The notation on the can reads, "Ray. Flight to Japan from U.S. On Base at Pusan, Korea, R&R's in Japan. A Squadron off to Battle, etc." His daughter Jan Moser Wilson donated the film to the Center of the Study of the Korean War, who originally assigned this film the number MM.461. When the CSKW closed, the Truman Library received its collection, including this film.
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Shot List
00:00 - Aerial views taken while flying in an airplane, showing the cockpit, scenery, and other planes in the air. Landing on an island airstrip. Quick shot of a man swimming in the ocean. More scenes from up in the air.
2:46 - Landing on another island runway, presumably Naval Station Kwajalein (sign on MATS Passenger Terminal). Views of base and palm trees blowing. More aerial views, then landing at a more substantial air base.
3:21 - Scenes from land, green scenery. Men climbing palm trees and eating coconuts. More aerial views.
4:32 - A busy Korean city street scene. Views of countryside taken from moving train or car.
5:35 - Sign for Kunsan Air Base in Korea (K-8), home of the 3rd Bombardment Wing. Signs on base for "Ye Olde Base Billtting (sic) Office Always Open Vacancies." Sign for Headquarters 3rd Bomb Wing (L) and the 8th Bombardment Squadron (L). Several views of the base and flags. Brief view of two Korean women.
6:25 - Scenes from R&R travels in Japan. View of temple shrine complex in Japan with crowds and a lush garden landscape, also a marketplace and Torii gate. Group of Japanese children drawing and painting. Monks and warriors in ceremonial dress, practitioners demonstrating Kyūdō (archery with long bows). Street scenes, a procession. Raymond Moser riding and feeding a horse near a Torii gate. Nara park buildings, children gathered near sika deer, an incense cauldron. Moser appears in uniform ringing the large temple bell.
14:10 - Views of 8th Bomb Squadron base, planes and bombs on tarmac, airplane maintenance, cleaning, painting, and loading bombs onto wings. Raymond Moser appears in a yellow hat walking towards the camera. Personnel working out coordinates, checking equipment, Moser loading a navigation instrument and climbing into a plane called "Moonshine." Planes lined up to take off. Views from the air of pilot and other planes, including dropping bombs on a mountain ridge. Landing back at the base and emerging from the plane. Moser marks the bill of his yellow cap to count sorties, eventually showing 50.
19:17 - Fuji-Hakone National Park in Japan. Scenic views including Mt. Fuji. Moser is shown shirtless looking into a boat on shore. Japanese fisherman, children gathered on beach. Waterfalls and rapids. A cabin retreat.
21:24 - Back on military base, a soldier plays ukulele. Groups of soldiers play volleyball, football, and horseshoes. Hot dogs cooked on an outdoor grill. Moser is shown in khaki dress and hat tending the grill and later in a coat and yellow cap playing ukulele. An integrated color guard lowers the flags.
22:57 - A city street scene: traffic, street cars, bicycles. An equestrian monument. Temple buildings, statues.
24:26 - View from a flying airplane.