WWII - Color, 1944 , Belgium: Miscellaneous War Film Film roll 5 - Pt 1

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - Color, 1944 (?), Belgium: Destroyed Towns; Airfield & Aerials of Bomb Craters Film roll 5 - Pt 1 Jeep driving thru muddy street of severely bombed out town; LS & MCU man digging in rubble w/ crowbar. 12:24:43 LS down street, women in winter coats walking w/ town in BG. People in front Red Cross center (?) 12:25:05 GI gives wrapped gift to little Belgian girl. CU. George Stevens in front of “Toluca” jeep gives present to another girl. Heavy damage; army truck pulls into muddy road of completely devastated town - razed to ground. 12:26:05 CU sign: Keep rollin’ Malmady N23, Vielsalm. Pan ruins. LS Cathedral & frozen river; MLS pan bombed out town & hillside w/ trunks of trees. 12;26:57 Military Police load wounded man in white sheet into truck, drives off down rural road. 12:27:18 Jeep “Toluca” bouncing past on muddy road. Vapor contrails in sky. 12:28:03 Sign: Bastogne - Touffalize, N-23 N-27 Information, in front of destroyed buildings. Stevens & MP. 12:28:19 Black 12:28:22 GI in uniform w/ still photographer on airfield. Silver B-25 (?) taxies on runway, takes off. Jeep alongside C-47 / DC-3. Destroyed fighter plane, CU German marking, nose & engine. 12:29:38 Aerial shots of bomb craters in farm field; view over airfield & landing. 12:30:09 Men unloading camera boxes & supplies from plane. P-38s fly low overhead. Twin-tail, twin-engine USAAF P-61 Black Widow night fighter lands, parks, MCU. “Little Audrey” on fuselage, probably at Florennes, Belgium 12:31:13 DIFFERENT TIME AND PLACE FROM ABOVE - Men with SHAEF insignias at 35mm Mitchell camera. Capt. William Mellor. Man w/ mustache is a Major. Two-star general greets them General Gavin (?) or Terry Allen per LoC notes). 12:31:42 Aerial from plane, many bomb craters visible both sides of road. Men aboard plane. Aerials town and river. Low over craters; landing, CU men in plane & taking off. 12:33:39 Aerial over city & river w/ island or canal. Fort. small rural towns, farmlands. Continued... WW2; Destruction; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. Good color. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Use of this footage requires a credit as follows: “Includes footage from the George Stevens Collection at the Library of Congress”.