Enquiry Sent!

Thanks for getting in touch. We’ll get back to you very soon.

Go Back to Homepage

Conquest By Air R2 of 3

Reel Number: 250052-05

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1942-1945

Country: Belgium,France,Germany,Romania

Location: ardennes forest,bomark,Normandy,Ploesti

TC Begins: 06:37:00

TC Ends: 06:43:19

Duration: 00:06:19

Montage film re US Army Air Force activity in WWII - mostly brief shots. Allied officers around table confer prior to the Normandy invasion brief. Diagram of Romania’s oil fields. VS B-24 bombers raid Romania's Ploesti oil fields - air to air - series of large explosions on ground. Map of Germany showing oil fields / factories. Bombers in formation over Ploesti - captured German footage showing attempts to control raging flames & labour battalions clearing debris; VS destroyed refinery. Luftwaffe officer talks to camera not heard. 06:39:39 Fighter planes unloaded from ship; German fighters taking off. CU US airmen in cockpit. 06:40:13 Gun-camera footage records dogfights and the strafing of grounded German planes. Good air to air shots of B-24 bombers in formation. 06:41:27 Allied troops landing on Normandy beaches; Gens. Arnold & Marshall confer w/ British officers; CU bombs away. German troops in the Ardennes Forest ? Brief shot of Allies at meeting. 06:42:21 German tank production. Bombs fall on German tank factories. Bomb drop & ruins of a factory in Bomark. WWII; WW2; Military Aviation; USAAF. NOTE: Clips sound track probably not useful.

Show more

Similar Sub-themes