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WWII Die Wochenschau: Night Bombing Birmingham; Tracking Room & Fighter Pilots

Reel Number: 221384-12

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1940s

Country: England,Germany,United Kingdom

Location: Birmingham

TC Begins: 11:13:06

TC Ends: 11:19:27

Duration: 00:06:21

WWII Die Wochenschau: Night Bombing Birmingham; Tracking Room & Fighter Pilots Men remove camouflage netting from bomber, hoist bombs, pilots play w/ dog. Bomber warming up for Birmingham run as pilots walk to plane; dog mascot. Planes take off, three bombers past. View from one bomber of others in formation & seen from below. GOOD shots over clouds. 11:14:09 Flares dropped at night. Pilot looking down, explosions & fires from air. 11:14:56 Officer rides up on horseback; young soldiers salute, band plays, goose stepping troops past in review. Not Germans. Abrupt end. 11:15:12 Troops on ships, on land spot planes & reports to tracking center, messages on small conveyor. Men in tracking room on phone, women deliver reports & plane positions tracked on wall chart. Officers looking at maps. Pilots briefed (SOF). Pilots relaxing, get call & run to planes, night. 11:17:53 Motors started & taxiing across rainy field. Men in plotting room given orders, giving orders. View of bomber in plane attacked by fighter & hit, falls in flames. Wreckage burns on ground. Segment ends. WW2 Propaganda; Animals; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: In our experience German Nazi era material is considered in the public domain throughout the world. If users feel any further clearances are necessary they are to be their own responsibility. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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