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Conquest By Air 1945 Reel-3

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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 strategy session between U.S. and British Chief's of Staff, RAF night bombing campaign over Germany, damage and destruction of rail centers in Germany, detonation of an Atomic Bomb at a test site in the U.S. and more...(read more)

  • Date: 1945
  • Duration: 00:05:47
  • Sound: Yes
  • Color: Monochrome
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: Europe

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Conquest By Air 1945 Reel-3

Meeting of U.S. and British Chiefs of Staff confer relating to air policy. Bombing and destruction of Berlin Germany. Air-to-ground scenes of night bombing of Berlin by RAF bombers before the United States entered the war. Beginning in March 1944 the United States Air Force bombed numerous target inside Berlin city limits. In February and March 1945 large scale bombing attacks were made on Berlin.

Shows destroyed buildings, factories, transportation and communication centers in Berlin. Berlin street scenes in 1945 showing people (civilians) walking, destroyed buildings, movement of a few military vehicles.

Shows destruction of large rail centers near Berlin. German civilians in Berlin walking, no public transportation or civilian vehicles in use in Berlin. Animated images (animation) depict the necessity of the German rail transportation system required to wage war. Operation Clarion was the strategic bombing of Nazi Germany communication network and railway system. Bombing of rail centers and marshaling yards, scenes of destruction caused by bombing raids. Fighter planes attack German train and railroad targets resulting in large explosions. Gun camera footage of strafing of German ground targets, large explosions. Scene of the explosion of an atomic bomb with mushroom cloud and resulting inferno.

Shot List:

00:00:31;11

Air-to-ground scenes of night bombing of Berlin by RAF bombers

00:00:47;01

Scenes of destruction from U.S. bombing raids on Berlin in early 1944

00:01:02;05

Berlin street scenes in 1945 showing people (civilians) walking, destroyed buildings, movement of a few military vehicles

00:01:11;02

Scenes of destroyed and damaged rail centers near Berlin governmental area

00:01:21;09

German woman seated, German civilians walking past destroyed buildings

00:01:30;09

Animated images (animation) depict the necessity of the German rail transportation system required to wage war

00:02:08;03

View of falling bombs, start of Operation Clarion

00:03:14;11

Strafing of German ground targets by U.S. fighter aircraft

00:03:55;00

Strafing of train, oil facility, huge explosion and fireball

00:04:22;11

Various scenes of huge explosions and fireballs, strafing of ground target

00:04:58;01

Explosion of atomic bomb