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WWII - 1945, Government Documentary Film: Angels In Overalls. 2R of 2

Reel Number: 250216-02

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1940s,1945

Country: USA

Location: Europe,Pacific

TC Begins: 04:09:29

TC Ends: 04:24:06

Duration: 00:14:37

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1945, Government Documentary Film Titles. 04:10:01 POV flying thru clouds w/ VO “In this war, your neighbor’s boy does not fight alone - you are w/ him, part of his combat team thru every weapon you make...” Air to air, B-24 bomber formation in flight. 04:10:46 CU of pilot & co-pilot wearing oxygen masks at controls; MS gunners at side openings; turret gunner; bombardier; planes & intercut. LS of island target; flak; bombers. CU pilot, bombs falling out of bomb bay doors; explosions in city; large smoke clouds. Phosphorous bombs exploding around planes. Motor shutting down, plane smoking. 04:12:38 Side gunner firing, hitting fighter plane, CUs guns & explosion of planes. 04:13:22 P-38s in group, up close, freeze frame & edit to aircraft industry factory floor w/ many under construction on assembly line. 04:13:47 Montage: Lowering canvas covered P-38 onto ship; P-38 low over airfield, LS turning in flight, 4 in formation; CU from above & front. GSAP POV strafing low over snow covered trees. Various CUs & POV. 04:14:45 2 men in parachutes boarding single-seater P-38 for training. Montage of P-38s in action, dog fight, strafing North Africa, w/ bombers over Germany 04:15:39 CU soldiers looking up. GOOD. 04:15:46 LS in flight. 04:16:02 MS Richard Bong in plane, VO over GSAP footage. Acrobatics of plane; POV shots from P-38s. Landing in heavy mud & water. GOOD 04:17:10 Lt. Gen. George C Kenny presenting award (w/ VO). 04:17:20 Pilots out of flight shack; ground crew loading bombs & extra fuel tanks. Taking off, over airmen, diving, strafing truck. 04:17:56 Leader. 04:18:12 P-38 towing gliders off ground; GSAP over village & railroad w/ large explosions. 04:18:55 F-5B aka P-38 as reconnaissance plane low along coastline. Bombing city; firing rockets seen from ground & air. GOOD. 04:20:02 Freeze frame of belly of P-38; then up & alongside B-24 & aerial dogfight w/ hits & exploding planes. Enemy pilot bailing out, parachuting, Plane spinning down in flames. 04:21:14 Montage: B-24 plane, pilot, gunners. Ground control directing B-24 crash landing w/o nose wheel & scraping nose on ground. Men run to plane & crew out of Rio Rita. 04:22:29 P-38 on fire crash landing on airstrip, burning. Bucket brigade throwing water on plane but pilot burned & carried off on stretcher. Formation flying over. 04:23:58 The End. WW2; Homefront Morale; Guilt; War Effort; Death; Government Propaganda Film; NOTE: Partial or entire from two source reels sold at per reel price. FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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