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WWII - Colour, 1942 ca, USAAF: Eighth AAF, B-17s Landing, Bombs Loaded; Awards; Formations R3 of 34

Reel Number: 220562-03

Color: Colour

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1942,1943,1940s

Country: England,Germany,United Kingdom,USA

Location: RAF Bassingbourn

TC Begins: 08:35:53

TC Ends: 08:53:56

Duration: 00:18:03

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - Colour, 1942 ca, USAAF: Eighth AAF, B-17s Landing, Bombs Loaded; Awards; Formations Pan w/ B-17s landing towards & past close to camera. GOOD. 08:37:02 MS Pan empty hangar area to large hanger & B-17 parking area. Pan farm fields to parked B-17s. 08:38:22 Front CU nose of B-17. 08:38:43 B-17s taxiing l. to r. 08:39:29 Weapons trailer w/ bombs being towed across area l. to r. Repeat. 08:39:58 POV on trailer w/ CU airman playing harmonica on trailer / bomb trolley loaded w/ bombs. Repeats. 08:41:20 MS men fuze bombs near B-17. 08:42:13 MS INT operations building, operations officer makes call on phone. CU chart of airfield, runways & parking areas. 08:43:25 CU tower operator fires flash signal gun. MS officers stand on observation platform, watch planes overhead. 08:44:43 Slug. 08:44:50 MS LS CU making awards to & decorating crew in front of B-17 MEMPHIS BELLE. 3-star general reads citation at BBC microphone, walks down line, congratulates men. Two-star general present at occasion. Handshaking. 08:49:10 POV of airfield from B-17 taxiing. MS dust from prop blast. LS line of B-17s awaiting takeoff, camera plane waits turn in line, B-17s start takeoff, others move up. 08:50:13 Aerial single B-17 (taken from aside turret). Aerial formation B-17s (taken from side turret). Scenes repeat. 08:51:12 Aerial above aircraft over coastline; formation above camera plane. 08:51:23 CU gunners fire waist guns. Aerial LS large aerial formation of B17s. 08:52:17 CU INT plane, various gun positions & views. 08:53:30 View of waiting ground crew beside tarmac. Sunset, dark. POV taking off. (brief). WW2; 1940s; Military Aviation; European Battles; 8th USAAF; 324th Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group; NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate. GOOD Colour. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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