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Go to HomepageReel Number: 250149-11
Color: Colour
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1938
Country: USA
Location: Langley Field,Virginia
TC Begins: 11:05:31
TC Ends: 11:19:10
Duration: 00:13:39
NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Pre-WWII - 1938, USAAF: Bombing Tests, Langley Field, Virginia. 13Dec38 Aerial over coastal islands & smoke rising from bomb explosions. 11:06:25 Intertitle: Close up of target area after completion of the morning mission. Aerial confinues over smoke & craters. 11:07:08 Intertitle: 2000 pound bombs in train...white line represent the center of target. More smoke rising. 11:07:43 Intertitle: Successive trains on target from B-17 airplanes at 23,000 ft. Explosions & smoke. 11:08:58 Large number of bombs w/ fins & propellors. 11:09:08 Intertitle: Ordnance crews delivering the bombs to the airplane landing area. MCU past camera & in front of bomber. 11:09:27 Intertitle: Spotting the bombs in front of the airplanes. Men winching bomb w/ crane from trailer. 11:10:09 Intertitle: Preparing to hoist the bombs on a B-18A airplane. Men beneath planes w/ bombs & cranking hoist. Title: Loading comleted, B-18A. bombs in rack & closing bomb bay doors. 11:11:16 Intertitle: 2000 pound bombs in place for loading on the external racks of B-17.. Bombs cranked aboard. Intertitle: Loading the one ton bombs. Men cranking & bomb rises. 11:12:56 Intertitle: As darkness approaches... Men among bombs, setting sun. Title: The target area on Plum Tree Island before the first attack. Aerial over marshy area & coast; crossing white guideline to target. 11:14:05 Intertitle: Night bombing from B-18 airplanes flying at 18,000 feet. Bombs exploding (looks like daytime). 11:16:40 Title: Bombing Exercise 2nd Wing, 13Dec38. Langley Field, home of the 2nd Bombardment Group, GHQ Air Force. Aerial over base buildings & docks on coast. 11:17:23 Intertitle: 2000 pound bombs before the fins are attached. Pan stacks of large cylinders w/ hanger in background, men moving among bombs. 11:17:42 Intertitle: Tractor crane loading the bombs onto the trailer. Men, move bombs w/ crane & lower; tractor pulls trailer & parks w/ others. Pan parked trailers. Pre-WW2 Army Air Force Training; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk