WWII - 1945, Europe: A-26 Bombing Mission; USAAF Generals Awarding Medals. Apr45

WWII - 1945, Europe: A-26 Bombing Mission; USAAF Generals Awarding Medals. Apr45 A-26 Invader aircraft fly over in formation 04:00:44 Interior A-26 cockpit, instrument panel. Air to air formation flight. Shot of ground thru bomb bay doors. Aircraft on field. Various shots aircraft flying in formation 04:02:59 Bombs away, smoke rising from target. Good shot planes in flight & peeling off. Various shots aircraft in flight. 04:05:52 Shot through bomb bay door. 04:07:00 MPs drive at front of convoy of General Arnold’s staff car. Gen. Vandenberg greets Gen. Spaatz. CU staff car w/ five star insignia. Gen. Quesada w/ Vandenberg & Spaatz, Generals inspect B-25 including McCauley and Stirely, other officers present include Col. Milliard and Capt. Bennett. 04:09:05 B-25 taxiis. 04:09:16 High ranking officers including Generals Arnold, Spaatz, Lee. 04:09:46 Gen. Arnold present / pinning medal to officers. Arnold & Spaatz shake hands w/ various officers who have received medals. Military band marches past w/ Honor Guard. 04:11:09 German civilian test pilot talks w/ US pilots - card says explaining about jet engine, not seen. 04:11:39 Liberated French POWs march past camera giving Victory sign. French DPs w/ belongings on truck. Various shots civilians, displaced persons. Bomb damaged building. German inscriptions on wall “Volk Ans Gewehr”, people’s army and “Better dead than a Slave”. Bomb damaged factory. 04:13:04 Medals / decorations on table. CU faces of men waiting to be decorated. 04:14:03 Ground crew work on nose guns of A-26 Invader. Various shots A-26 aircraft parked on field, ground crew rest on bomb rack. WW2; Repatriated Prisoners of War; NOTE: Any 9 consecutive minutes sold at per reel rate.