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Project Warrier WWII Bombing of German Oil Storage, Ploesti, Romania 01Aug43

Reel Number: 221451-09

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1943

Country: Romania

Location: North Africa,Ploesti

TC Begins: 07:51:05

TC Ends: 07:54:33

Duration: 00:03:28

Project Warrior WWII Bombing of German Oil Storage, Ploesti,Romania 01Aug43 B-29 bombers in flight formation. Pilots in briefing room w/ Army Air Force man in front of Ploesti as men listening. Pan over oil storage tanks & refinery. CU valve & oil from pipe into tank car. Aerials over German vehicles on road, ground shot of equipment past. 07:51:51 Pilots in to room; line of B-24 Liberators on flight line, taking off. POV very low over desert; shot from above planes flying very low (30 feet). Cockpit shot. Super-imposed of map showing turning short. 07:52:30 German officer on phone & anti-aircraft shots, low flying B-24s over fields; view from above of B-24 hit w/ wing folding up. Bombs dropping. (GOOD) 07:53:05 Explosion on ground, oil tanks on fire from above. Lutwaffe mobilized & in flight. Attacking bombers on return home. Dog fight footage from German & American POV. View of B-24 crashing seen from above. Burning refinery tanks. Wounded removed from planes. Bombs dropping & black oil smoke. Note: 54 aircraft wre lost, 1/3 of force. 40% of refining capacity destroyed.

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