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WWII - 1944, Documentary: Memphis Belle The, A Story of A Flying Fortress Pt 4 of 4

Reel Number: 220364-04

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1942,1943,1944,1940s

Country: England,Germany,United Kingdom,USA

Location: RAF Bassingbourn

TC Begins: 00:29:20

TC Ends: 00:40:00

Duration: 00:10:40

WWII - Colour, 1944, England: B-17 Flights Return, Injured Off Pt. 4 of 4 Continued... Ambulance across RAF Bassingbourn field, crews out of planes, wounded into ambulances. First aid on field; carried to ambulance. Blood transfusion given aboard plane, MCUs. CU given cigarette. 00:30:41 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers landing; one w/ dead engine; other problems, part of tail missing. Men at wall map & on telephone. Dame Satan nose art. 00:31:56 CU of damage. Crews smiling; decorated. 00:32:41 MCU Crew members posing by damaged planes. Nose missing & badly damaged / shot up plane: Old Bill. 00:33:37 Men out of plane; gathered airmen talking on tarmac. 00:34:05 Colonel Wray watching from control tower. Planes overhead. View from in Memphis Belle / arriving plane & view low from landing bomber. Wheels down, shadow on ground, touchdown on tarmac. 00:35:43 Waving from plane; taxiing in, out of plane & kissing ground & gun. Painting bombs on plane for bombing mission. Decorated crew. 00:36:58 Arrival of King George & Queen Elizabeth; walking across tarmac & shaking hands w/ crew. MS. 00:38:26 Eighth Air Force Commander General Ira Eacre & European Theater Commander General Jacob Devers arrive, speaking to airmen. Happy airmen around Memphis Belle; taking off & overhead. 00:39:40 Map of bombing routes to Germany. Aerials stills of damage. The End. Colour; WW2; 8th USAAF; 324th Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group; Military Aircraft; 1940s; USA Government Documentary; Propaganda; British Royalty; NOTE: Card sold at per reel rate. Poor condition picture & sound. Will re-order for possibly better quality if requested.

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