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Go to HomepageReel Number: H1917-01
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1944
Country: France,USA
Location:
TC Begins: 01:00:06
TC Ends: 01:08:26
Duration: 00:08:20
WWII - 1944, France Post Invasion Activity 24-25Jun44 Large explosion in trees across grassy field, tree falls; a second explosion. 01:00:34 C-47 on grass w/ Blacks loading ammunition crates from plane into back of truck, France 24-25Jun44. 01:00:54 Row of C-47s on grass; MS of crew in front of one w/ Jeanne on nose. 01:01:07 Man chopping wedge in trees; men placing TNT around base of tree for falling. Others notching & placing dynamite. 01;02:00 View of explosion from across field. 01:02:16 Men on airfield; others into jeeps on side, C-47 planes warming up; smaller British twin-engine planes warming up, taxiing & taking off. 01:03:41 Medics unloading wounded on litters into airplane. 01:04:26 Explosions in trees; house beyond. Man on radio telephone holding plotter board. Aerial photography over fields near English Channel . Piper spotter planes (Grasshopper?) in air. View of bomb craters & ambulances below. 01:06:35 Aerial over medical area w/ red cross on ground & tents. 01:06:59 Half dozen men eating from mess kits in tent. 01:07:18 Spotter plane taking off over camera, flying low over trees. Landing on grassy field & taking off. Landing. 01:08:01 Four fighter planes overhead. 01:08:06 Man turning propellor on Piper, taking off away from camera. WW2; Normandy Invasion Aftermath; US Army Air Force; AAF;