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WWII - Color, 1942 ca, England, USAAF: RAF Bassingbourn, Eighth AAF B-17s & Royal Visit R27 of 34

Reel Number: 220998-01

Color: Colour

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1942,1943,1940s

Country: England,Germany,United Kingdom,USA

Location: RAF Bassingbourn

TC Begins: 11:00:03

TC Ends: 11:22:11

Duration: 00:22:08

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - Color, 1942 ca, England, USAAF: RAF Bassingbourn, Eighth AAF B-17s & Royal Visit CU tail gunner in B-17, waves and points to bullet hole. CU briefing room sketch and formation diagram. MS chaplain blesses planes as they land in BG. CU top gun turret firing. CU waist gunner firing. 11:01:30 B-17 taxis to parking area watched by servicemen. Ambulance drives from hangar area. CU removal of wounded from plane to ambulance. CU damaged stabilizer. LS B-17 stationary, ambulance near same, crowd in area. Airmen looking at damaged B-17. CU removal of turret guns. VS flak damaged B-17. CU gun turret inscribed w/ “A hot Piece of tail”. 11:03:50 CU pilot and co-pilot brief crew near B-17. MS crew boards B-17, scene repeats. B-17 taxiing, other in BG. VS line of B-17s taxis past and towards camera in MCU. Pilots and crew next to aircraft; airman leans out of cockpit window. 11:07:22 MS King George in uniform and Queen Elizabeth with escorting USAF general officers walk to B-17. MS King and Queen talk to assembled crew of MEMPHIS BELLE in leather flying jackets. MS official party board sedan cars and leave. 11:09:20 LS B-17 formation overhead, very blue sky. 11:09:32 MCU blonde cocker spaniel inside glass B-17 gun turret and on roof of aircraft; airman leans from cockpit and pulls it inside by scruff of neck. MCU two ground crew w/ caps sitting. B-17 taxis towards camera to parking area. 11:11:20 MS crew of a B-17 pose for picture near plane. Airmen into USAF jeep. VS aerial formation of B-17s inc. AV of countryside and coastline and INT gunner in gun turret. 11:15:16 US airfield in England taken from side window of aircraft as it taxis across field near hangars; buildings, planes and airmen / ground crew seen. CU damaged tail dark. CU damaged stabilizer, sunset in BG. CU name of plane, WHAT'S COOKIN' DOC w/ nose art of Bugs Bunny on top of bomb. Flak damage to plane dark. MS damaged rudder. CU demolished tail gun. CU name of plane, DAME SATAN w/ nose art, large flak hole in same. CU flak hole. 11:20:05 MS pilot in cockpit; CU crew looks at damaged wing flap; pan along assembled crew of this B-17. MS damaged wing flap and tail stabilizer. CU damaged flap. CU name of plane, LITTLE JOHN w/ nose art. CU damaged tail gun compartment. MS damaged rudder. MS crew stand near tail. B-17 taxiing, tail controls almost gone from plane, heavy damage to tail. MS airmen look at plane WW2; Aviation; Royalty; British Royal Family; Animals / Mascots; 8th USAAF; 324th Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group; NOTE: Any continuous 12 minutes sold at per reel rate. Very good color. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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