Post-WWII - Color, 1945, Germany: RAF Base; Heavy Bomb Damage. 1945
Military officers salute in front of Great Britain, USA & USSR flags on poles.
18:20:13 Slate: XA-26 10Jun45. Slate: XA-26 14Jun45 Germany. LS & MS Wind blowing grain; geese to pond, women & ox team w/ hay wagon.
18:21:51 Men leading oxen team & wagon thru village w/ kids following. Woman & wagon follows.
18:22:26 Slate: Kelly RAF T-35. Airman inspects tail gun bubble on Lancaster Bomber; polishes remaining plexiglass. CU gunner in bubble, puts on leather helmet, goggles & air mask. MS cranking bubble around, tilting four 7.7mm Browning guns.
18:25:08 Slate: Kelly RAF T-29. Rear of Lancaster starting motor, MS top center gunner turret turning. Planes beginning taxi, setting sun silhouetting planes.
18:27:46 Slate: Capt. Carter Roll C-106, 17Jun45. MCU destroyed house roof, pan to others w/ exposed brick walls & nearly leveled neighborhood. MS thru window & missing roof w/ blue sky above; women walking thru debris & rubble. Paved streets thru destroyed buildings. Terrier dog thru empty street; remains of church w/ bicyclist & pedestrians past.
18:30:34 Slate: Braunswig. (probably Braunschweig). Women pushing buggies along sidewalk in front of rubbled buildings, pedestrians, electric trolley / tram thru street amongst destroyed buildings. Statue in cemetery, street sign, chimneys & walls left standing, twisted metal pipes. Partial wall; view of rubble thru metal fence. Various rubble building.
18:33:22 Slate: Capt Carter C-104, 10Jun45. Slate: C-105, 17Jun45. High angle view down on burned off roofs & church spire. View across burned off city roofs. Closer view down on & pan across burned out houses & church. Partially burned tile roof; church steeple.
18:36:10 Slate: Kelley RAF T-3?. P-38 on airfield. Tractor pulling large blockbuster bombs on trailers, Lancaster bombers in background. Bomb chalked: Have This One On Me.
18;36:38 View out of NAAFI canteen / truck w/ RAF men getting drinks & sandwiches, bombs past in background. CU man drinking on grass.
18:37:02 Man inspecting stockpile of blockbuster bombs, makes notes (relates to previous card).
18:38:03 LS of large bombs stacked w/ berm beween areas; man inspecting.
18:38:56 Slate: Murphy, 10Jun, Frankfurt. Brunschwig. Rubble & completely destroyed brick buildings. Street thru destroyed buildings; pedestrians & bicycles. Standing portions of walls. Pedestrians. Woman & two children, one walking & one in baby carriage; others pass. Trolleys GOOD.
18:41:20 CU sign: Woldemar Wunderlich Blechwarenfabrik Braunschweig, Backerklint 10.
WW2; Operation Hurricane; 8th USAAF;
Note: Lancaster bombers introduced in 1942. Night bombing 14-15Oct44 of Braunschweig caused firestorm that burned for 2 1/2 days & destroyed 90% of medieval city at center.
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Post-WWII - Color, 1945, Germany: RAF Base; Heavy Bomb Damage. 1945 Military officers salute in front of Great Britain, USA & USSR flags on poles. 18:20:13 Slate: XA-26 10Jun45. Slate: XA-26 14Jun45 Germany. LS & MS Wind blowing grain; geese to pond, women & ox team w/ hay wagon. 18:21:51 Men leading oxen team & wagon thru village w/ kids following. Woman & wagon follows. 18:22:26 Slate: Kelly RAF T-35. Airman inspects tail gun bubble on Lancaster Bomber; polishes remaining plexiglass. CU gunner in bubble, puts on leather helmet, goggles & air mask. MS cranking bubble around, tilting four 7.7mm Browning guns. 18:25:08 Slate: Kelly RAF T-29. Rear of Lancaster starting motor, MS top center gunner turret turning. Planes beginning taxi, setting sun silhouetting planes. 18:27:46 Slate: Capt. Carter Roll C-106, 17Jun45. MCU destroyed house roof, pan to others w/ exposed brick walls & nearly leveled neighborhood. MS thru window & missing roof w/ blue sky above; women walking thru debris & rubble. Paved streets thru destroyed buildings. Terrier dog thru empty street; remains of church w/ bicyclist & pedestrians past. 18:30:34 Slate: Braunswig. (probably Braunschweig). Women pushing buggies along sidewalk in front of rubbled buildings, pedestrians, electric trolley / tram thru street amongst destroyed buildings. Statue in cemetery, street sign, chimneys & walls left standing, twisted metal pipes. Partial wall; view of rubble thru metal fence. Various rubble building. 18:33:22 Slate: Capt Carter C-104, 10Jun45. Slate: C-105, 17Jun45. High angle view down on burned off roofs & church spire. View across burned off city roofs. Closer view down on & pan across burned out houses & church. Partially burned tile roof; church steeple. 18:36:10 Slate: Kelley RAF T-3?. P-38 on airfield. Tractor pulling large blockbuster bombs on trailers, Lancaster bombers in background. Bomb chalked: Have This One On Me. 18;36:38 View out of NAAFI canteen / truck w/ RAF men getting drinks & sandwiches, bombs past in background. CU man drinking on grass. 18:37:02 Man inspecting stockpile of blockbuster bombs, makes notes (relates to previous card). 18:38:03 LS of large bombs stacked w/ berm beween areas; man inspecting. 18:38:56 Slate: Murphy, 10Jun, Frankfurt. Brunschwig. Rubble & completely destroyed brick buildings. Street thru destroyed buildings; pedestrians & bicycles. Standing portions of walls. Pedestrians. Woman & two children, one walking & one in baby carriage; others pass. Trolleys GOOD. 18:41:20 CU sign: Woldemar Wunderlich Blechwarenfabrik Braunschweig, Backerklint 10. WW2; Operation Hurricane; 8th USAAF; Note: Lancaster bombers introduced in 1942. Night bombing 14-15Oct44 of Braunschweig caused firestorm that burned for 2 1/2 days & destroyed 90% of medieval city at center. Note: Any continuous 11 minutes sold at per reel rate.