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All-American R2 of 3

Reel Number: 220415-02

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1943

Country: England? UNITED KINGDOM,Germany

Location: Wegesak,Wilhelmshaven

TC Begins: 08:08:29

TC Ends: 08:18:38

Duration: 00:10:09

All-American R2 of 3 Film cans, one labeled Bombing Raid -Wegesak, Germany. Bomber formation; POV from plane. Heavy flak. Smoke below. Bombs dropping in CU. Fighters shot down. Returning planes w/ vapor trails. Plane taxiing w/ much of rudder shot away. Crew in flight jackets w/ coffee cups debriefed; roll called & questioned about what they saw. (SOF) What evasive action taken; amount & type of flak discussed. Long, naturalistic sequence. 08:16:53 Film cans, one labeled “Transports”. C-47 taxiing on dirt runway. POV taking off in New Guinea on downhill runway (not noticeable). Landing & native men run to unload. Map of North Africa. Interior of plane loaded w/ wounded on stretchers & woman nurse. Landing C-47 CU sign: Ambulance Planes Enter Here. Unloading stretchers. WWII Medical; Flight Crew Debriefing; European Theater; Pacific Theater;

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