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WWII - Color, 1945, GSAP & V-E Day: Gun Camera Footage of Air Raid; 303rd Bomb Group Celebrate

Reel Number: 221032-15

Color: Colour

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1945

Country: England,Germany,United Kingdom

Location: RAF molesworth

TC Begins: 05:41:41

TC Ends: 05:51:39

Duration: 00:09:58

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - Color, 1945, GSAP & V-E Day: Gun Camera Footage of Air Raid; 303rd Bomb Group Celebrate Apr-May45 Gun camera footage, GSAP flying low over German countryside - shooting at houses / farm buildings blurred picture. 05:42:12 Slate: illegible. Night, flames burning in shape of ‘VE DAY - 303’. 05:42:36 Day. US airmen pose for camera - make victory signs; CU men laughing. RAF Molesworth ? Airmen shake hands in front of sign ‘Hell’s Angels - 303rd Bomb Group - Our War Effort’ w/ statistics of bombs dropped & German aircraft shot down. CU headline ‘Germany Quits’; airman holds newspaper up in front of sign. Military band across airfield. Airmen along airstrip, planes in BG. 05:43:41 Slate: 08May45. Airmen & Military Policeman / MPs stand at side of road at base entrance. 05:44:03 English town street Molesworth ? w/ Union Jack flags hanging; pedestrians & people on bicycles; CU baby in pram w/ Union Jack. Crowd in town square, Red Cross Mobile Canteen truck in BG. Schoolboys w/ caps eating ice cream cones. GIs smoke at side of square & walk among civilians. 05:44:52 GSAP footage low over countryside. Guns target railway lines & trains below. German? town w/ clock tower & railyards seen briefly. 05:46:05 Slate: 10Apr. Airstrip A-82 Sqdn 378 Johnson Group 362. Plane low over firelds & autobahn. Strafing vehicles along roadside; firing into town. 05:46:41 Slate: 15Apr Strip Y-73 Sqd 378(?) Group 362. Pilot Doebler. GSAP over farmhouses & forested areas - shooting at roads & railways but sometimes unclear what target is. 05:48:12 Slate: 08Apr Strip A-82 Johnson Sqd 377 Group 362 Pilot Edgar. Strafing freight train, cars burning. Fighter diving. 05:48:55 Slate: 18Apr Strip Y-73 Johnson Sqd 377, Group 362. Pilot Quandt. Strafing factory, road & horse & cart / wagon. Other passes including train & roads w/ horse & wagon. Barges on canal. Factories in towns & rural areas. 05:50:53 Over airfield / ammo dump - huge explosion. 05:51:22 Tracers fired, then into flak. WW2; End of War; NOTE: Good color & action. VERY nice town scenes. NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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