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WWII - Color, 1945, Europe: Avro Lancaster & Canadian Crew; Night Bombing; P47 Thunderbolts & P51 Mustangs

Reel Number: 250083-02

Color: Colour

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1945

Country: Canada,England,Germany,United Kingdom,USA

Location:

TC Begins: 20:18:31

TC Ends: 20:37:46

Duration: 00:19:15

WWII - Color, 1945, Europe: Avro Lancaster & Canadian Crew; Night Bombing; P47 Thunderbolts & P51 Mustangs MS RAF pilots & airmen in life vests talking on tarmac; helped into flight suits. 20:19:10 Slate: Kelley RAF T-34 . Gunner polishing top plexiglass machine gun bubble; inside bubble putting on helmet & radio headset, cranking turret of Avro Lancaster bomber. Repeat CU. 20:20:56 Tail gunner up onto tail & wipes off plexiglass. 20:21:12 Slate: Kelley P-51 T-42. Close aerial shot of 4 USAAF low wing single seater Mustang fighters in formations. 20:23:52 Slate: illegible. MLS airmen getting tea / coffee from NAAFI truck in front of bomber, stand talking. MCU. NAAFI girls out back of truck. CU airmen taking sandwiches. NAAFI supervisor talking to flight crew. 20:25:44 Fuel truck in front of Lancaster w/ crew working on it. 20:26:24 CU pilot & motor starting. 20:26:38 CU plexiglass bubble w/ gunner & bombsight . 20:27:25 MS from in front of Lancaster w/ engines starting to fire & bomb bay doors closing. Chocks pulled & taxi beginning. 20:28:23 Radioman inside plane using telegraph; others of Canadian crew inside plane, look at watch. Shoulder patches visible. 20:29:49 Ext looking up at pilot in cockpit, many decals of bombs / missions. 20:30:06 CU Insignia on door, Squadron 156 Royal Air Force - Light The Way. good exposure after overex. 20:30:56 Unit & RAF flags on poles on airfield. CU. 20:31:22 Slate: Sg. Davolt w/ RAF Roll 21. 20:31:39 Night & fires from bombing. GOOD 20:34:20 Slate: Kelley T-?. Aerial of P47 Thunderbolt over farms, pulling away into clouds. Many fighter planes in LS. 20:35:57 Aerial of four P51 Mustangs in close formation, one w/ Ace of Spades card. 20:36:57 Slate: Kelley T-41. Night fires from bombings WW2; 1945; Bomb Damage; Bombing Aftermath; NOTE: Good quality & exposure. NOTE: Any continuous 10 minutes sold at per reel rate.

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