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Conquest By Air 1945 Reel-2
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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 Operation Tidal Wave the bombing raid on the Ploesti Oil Fields, cargo ships unloading new planes, dog fights between Luftwaffe and Allied fighters, P-38 fighters strafing Luftwaffe air fields, bombing raids against Nazi tank factories and more...(read more)
- Date: 1945
- Duration: 00:06:34
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Europe
Conquest By Air 1945 Reel-2
March 1944, Allied officers confer prior to the Normandy invasion. Operation Tidal Wave, bombing raid on Ploesti oil fields and refineries in Romania. B-24 Liberator bombers operating from Libya North Africa bomb the Ploesti oil fields and refineries in Romania. Eight months after Operation, a systematic bombing campaign operating from bases in Italy destroyed most of the production capacity of the refineries in Romania.
Flight of Allied bombers on mission to bomb synthetic oil manufacturing facilities at Leuna. German workers fight fires after bombing raid. Shows German workers clearing rubble and repairing bomb damage to synthetic oil manufacturing facilities.
Ship unloading more Allied planes from the home front. Long line of P-47 Thunderbolts warming up on flight line. Various German fighter aircraft taking off. Excellent gun-camera footage records dogfights, the Luftwaffe was swept from the skies. Flight of P-51 fighter aircraft. P-38 aircraft strafe German planes on the ground. Aerial view of the D-day invasion fleet, brief scene of the Normandy invasion. Point of view (pov) from landing craft or invasion barge of troops wading ashore on D-day.
Gen. Marshall confers with British officers of the Allied Supreme Command. Shows Allied bombers attacking the motor vehicle manufacturing plants in Germany. Bombing attack on German tank plants were authorized. Shows the German tank manufacturing plant of Vogtlandischen Maschinenfabrik AD (VOMAG) in Plauen that was producing the Mark IV Panzer tank. Shows destruction of VOMAG tank factory and destroyed finished tank motors and transmissions.
Shot List:
00:00:28;01
B-24 Liberator bombers operating from Libya North Africa bomb the Ploesti oil fields and refineries in Romania
00:01.21;08
German workers fight fires after bombing attack on German synthetic oil manufacturing facilities
00:02:59;10
Line of P-47 Thunderbolts warming up on flight line
00:03:02;06
Messerschmitt BF-190 or Me-190 taking off, followed by Ju-88
00:03:18;07
Close-up shots of U.S. fighter plane pilots seeking enemy aircraft
00:03:23;06
Footage of aerial combat or "dog fights", excellent gun camera footage of German kills
00:04:10;11
Flight of P-38 fighters seeking enemy targets, strafing enemy ground installations
00:05:33;03
Scenes of the German tank manufacturing plant of Vogtlandischen Maschinenfabrik AD (VOMAG) in Plauen
00:05:58;11
Shows destruction of VOMAG tank factory and destroyed finished tank motors and transmissions
- Related Titles:
- Conquest By Air - 1945
- Allied Bombers Over France
- Army Air Forces - Taking The Fight To The Enemy
- B-17 Bombers - Shuttle Missions To Germany
- B-24 Liberators Over Europe
- Fight For The Sky - US Fighter Pilots vs. Luftwaffe
- Fighter Kills In Europe - Gun Camera Footage 1944
- Luftwaffe Battle Scenes
