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Conquest By Air 1945 Reel-1

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keywords: wwii, european theater, bombing raids, fighter air-to-air combat, fighters strafing targets

Synopsis: The WWII Allied air campaign of bombers and fighters in the European Theater with mass bombing runs agains Nazi industrial targets, fighters in air-to-air combat and strafing runs against enemy transportation and other targets of opportunity plus scenes of a bombardier looking through a Norden Bomb Sight, Allied bombers over Germany, German gun camera footage as Nazi fighter attack Allied bombers, Operation Argument and more...(read more)

Date: 1945
Duration: 00:08:46
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: Europe

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Conquest By Air Reel-1

Conquest By Air 1945 Reel-1

Flashback to WWI, trench warfare and gas masks. Soldiers wearing gas masks. Soldiers charging German troops with fixed bayonets.

Low aerial scenes of the aftermath of Allied bombing attacks, damaged and destroyed German cities, factories, and facilities. American B-17 Flying Fortress bombers takeoff from base in England on August 17, 1942 to bomb Nazi-held Germany Rouen, France.

Bombardier looks through Norden bombsight, depressed bomb release button, bombs falling from aircraft. Shows manufacturing of anti-friction bearings in factory, Schweinfurt, Germany.

Unescorted B-17 Flying Fortress bombers making bombing run over Schweinfurt Germany. American bombers under heavy attack by German FW-190'sB-17 bomber shot down, trailing smoke. German FW-190 fighters attack American bombers. German gun camera footage of B-17 being shot down over Schweinfurt, Germany. Shows bomb damage to ball-bearing factory at Schweinfurt, Germany. Dead and wounded American airmen removed from B-17s after return from Schweinfurt bombing raid. Scenes of the German ball bearing factories in Schweinfurt before the bombing raid. The destruction caused by the bombing raid shocked the Germans into dispersing its ball bearing industry. Shows damage to American planes that returned from the Schweinfurt bombing raid. Lesson learned was bombers must have fighter escort to and from targets over Germany.

Flight of P-47 Thunderbolt planes, nickname "Jug", equipped with external fuel tanks to extend range. Flight of P-51 Mustang long range fighter aircraft. Shows line of P-51 Mustang fighter planes on flight line. The United States Air Force launched Operation Argument or "Big week", against the German aircraft industry. Footage of B-17 bombers in flight with P-47 fighter escort. B-17 dropping bombs on Erla Me-109 assembly plant at Leipzig and aviation industry targets at Heiterblick, shows ground explosions. Aftermath of destructive Allied bombing raids on German aircraft industry at Heiterblick. Various scenes of German aircraft manufacturing plants, factories, and workers.

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Soldiers in WWI wearing gas masks, charging with fixed bayonets

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Low aerial scenes of the destruction of German cities, factories, and facilities from Allied bombing attacks

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B-17 Flying Fortress bombers takeoff from base in England on August 17, 1942 to bomb Nazi-held German Rouen, France

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Close-up two B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in flight

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Bombardier looks through Norden bomb sight, depressed bomb release button, bombs falling from aircraft

00:03:09;00

Manufacturing of anti-friction bearings in factory, Schweinfurt, Germany

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American B-17 bomber shot down, trailing smoke

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German FW-190 fighters attack American bombers, German gun camera footage shows B-17 being shot down

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Flight of P-47 Thunderbolt planes with external fuel tanks, flight of P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft and line of P-51 Mustang fighter planes on flight line

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Footage of B-17 bombers with P-47 fighter escort

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B-17 dropping bombs on Erla Me-109 assembly plant at Leipzig, shows ground explosions

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Scenes of destruction of German aircraft plants at Heiterblick

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Various scenes of German aircraft manufacturing plants, factories, and workers