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WWII - 1943, USAAF Aviation: Government Documentary - Aerial Techniques

Reel Number: 221045-02

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1943,1940s

Country: Italy,New Guinea,Papua new Guinea,Singapore,USA

Location: Avellino,Benevento,campagna,Hansa Bay,Naples,Rabaul Salerno,Southwest pacific,Volturno River,wewak

TC Begins: 21:13:38

TC Ends: 21:28:33

Duration: 00:14:55

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1943, USAAF Aviation: Government Documentary - Aerial Techniques US servicemen in briefing session. AVs planes bomb Hansa Bay ammo dumps; B-24 bombers over Wewak in New Guinea for surprise attack on Japanese inc. PoV shot of strafing; planes & ships at Rabaul are strafed. 21:17:37 Intertitle: GSAP Camera. Gun camera footage shows Japanese planes being shot down. Parachute bombs. 21:19:19 Title: Fifth Army. Aerials of landing fleet of Fifth Army in Italian bay. Landing at Salerno, Italy & troops advance on dusty roads. British troops & equipment. Italian villagers cheering w/ Welcome banner. Ruins of Italian town. American tanks and vehicles through Italian towns. Civilians queuing for supplies in Naples - poverty. Graffiti on wall: Mussolini has met his finish in the made house that Hitler has prepared for him’. 21:21:58 Army convoy crossing repaired bridge into Campagna - tanks & jeeps across pontoon bridges. American bulldozers clear rubble in cities. Troops showering outdoors. Firing guns. Troops in deserted Avellino; woman carrying coffin on her head; dead GIs buried. 21:24:42 AVs ruins of Benevento, Italy - destroyed railway bridge. Volturno River leading to Rome - vehicles mired in mud. Pontoon bridge washed away by a torrential river - repairs made. 21:26:48 General Clark speech to commend US war workers intercut w/ battle scenes. WW2; Pacific War; Italy; Entire sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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