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WWII - 1944 ca, German Newsreel w/ tank action; captured USAAF crew in POW camp; German bombs loaded

Reel Number: 250122-12

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1944

Country: France,Germany,USA

Location: Losel Lofel,saint Lo

TC Begins: 05:09:19

TC Ends: 05:20:12

Duration: 00:10:53

WWII - 1944 ca, German Newsreel w/ tank action; captured USAAF crew in POW camp; German bombs loaded German infantry in field fighting; antiaircraft guns fire on US fighter bomber, crashes. 05:09:37 German tanks & artillery shell Russian village, CUs & LS. Seen crashing field. GOOD. 05:10:17 Animated map w/ French towns & English coastline. 05:10:27 German ace Col. Helmut Lent & other pilots board plane & leave German airfield. Contrails, planes. 05:11:02 German anti-aircraft fire downs Russian plane, burning. Shows downed USAAF bomber & crewmen, searched. CUs. GOOD. 05:11:58 Burning French coastal town after US bombing raid; civilians evacuated & wounded treated. CUs. GOOD. 05:12:24 German soldier delivers letter to officers in field; they read, smile. CUs. 05:13:00 German General Eugen Meindl, paratrooper commander, meets German officers in northern France. Officer giving directions to German troops in town street. 05:13:33 CU direction sign to Saint-Lo 12.2km. Camouflaged German rubber tired tank & track tanks along road; POV looking at crew along road. Infantry carrying weapons up gravel lane, dig in at roadside & engage British & US forces en route to Saint Lo; destroy Allied equipment, tank burning, dead soldier by artillary. Passing burning truck on road. POV past long line of destroyed vehicles. 05:17:25 Allied prisoners marched to compound near Losel / Lofel, sign. Pan POWs. GOOD. 05:18:16 German pilots briefed prior to leaving on a mission, large bombs are loaded onto planes, motors started & taking off at night. Heavy coastal German artillery fire. German torpedo boats in action. Torpedoes fired. The End. WW2; Battles; Panzers; Allied Prisoners of War; NOTE: In our experience German Nazi 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: Col Lent shot down 110 aircraft, 103 at night; died on 07Oct44 after crashing during a landing approach on 05Oct44.

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