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WWII - 1944, Allied Documentary: Target For Today R1 of 11

Reel Number: 221776-01

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1940s,1944

Country: England,Germany,United Kingdom,USA

Location:

TC Begins: 04:00:04

TC Ends: 04:09:09

Duration: 00:09:05

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1944, USAAF Bombing Command Structure & Military Weather Forecasting Titles over map w/ animation of aircraft bombing route over Denmark 04:00:46 Animated on toward Danzig dissolving to flak seen from above & alongside w/ formation flying thru. 04:00:54 Aerial of East Prussia city target; MCU bombardier aiming w/ Norden bombsight, view thru. 04:01:11 B-17 w/ bomb bay doors open, string of bomb dropping, falling, explosions & smoke rising. 04:01:44 Montage: man reading newspaper & headlines of bombing targets. CU map of Italy w/ advance. 04:02:18 - 04:02:47 break in film & restart w/ map. 04:02:57 Illustrated stylized map of England covered w/ military aircraft, pan to Europe w/ swastika & targeted factories / fighter assembly plants: Bremen, Oschersleben, Marienburg, Kassel, Warnemunde, Ravensburg. CU stylized (evil looking) illustration of assembly plants w/ swastika etc. Map w/ Huls (synthetic rubber), Bochum (steel) Heroya, Norway (aluminum), Hamm w/ animation of railroad freight moving. 04:04:40 Plants seen from England w/ arrows & explosions. Swastika formed w/ drawings of planes partially destroyed; illustrated planes as though leaving central Germany for Italy, northern France & Russia. 04:06:10 Drawing of wrecked city in front of swastika & explosions of factories. Question marks appearing over targets; animated bombers over. 04:06:29 Graphics: Eighth Air Force w/ subdivisions linked: VIII Bomber Command; VIII Fighter Command; VIII Air Service Command. Bomber Command linked to three divisions & each to 3 Combat Wing & into 3 Groups. Bomber Command changed to 8th AF. 04:07:30 View above & thru cumulus clouds; Mosquito plane diving, B-17 from below flying under clouds, interior of plane & instruments monitoring weather. 04:08:23 Dissolve to sign: Meteorological Office Forecast Room & interior w/ men working & woman sending teletype. Bomber Command officer receiving, plotting onto weather maps. Officer using slide rule, lighting cigarette, drawing lines of barometric pressure on map. WW2 8th Bomber Command; 8th USAAF; Weatherman; Meteorologists; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. Very good quality. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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