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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


















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
- Related Titles:
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- 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