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Public Domain Stock Footage Military Newsreels 1942 Issue 24
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Synopsis: U.S. Bombers Raid Nazi Held France, Home Manufacturer Is Given Award For Aiding In War Effort, U.S. Troops Land In The Aleutian Islands, President Roosevelt Tour War Factories... (read more)
Information: 1942 08:35 min BW
Show All Military Newsreels Titles Military Newsreels: 1942 - Issue 24



This title includes these newsreel stories:

U.S. Bombers Raid Nazi-Held France
U.S. 8th Air Force in England. Ground crews arm and service B-17 Flying Fortress bombers at English air base in WWII. Message written on bomb reads "To Schicky, This Is Only The Start". Nose art on B-17 plane show a pair of dice with "Shoot! You're Faded". Scenes of B-17 flight crews on bicycles at air base in England arriving for final briefing before bombing mission. U.S. flight crews at mission briefing. Image of U.S. flight crews on a jeep arriving at B-17 flight line at English air field.

8th Air Force Lt. General Ira C. Eaker signaling from cockpit of B-17 bomber. Footage of B-17 bombers taxiing and taking off from English air base. CU scenes of B-17 bomber dropping bombs, scenes of ground explosions. CU images of B-17 waist gunners firing at attacking enemy planes. B-17 bomber lands at English air base. Dbriefing of B-17 bomber flight crew after mission.

One-Man Factory Wins U.S. "M" Award
A mailman named Morris is awarded a "Medal For Merit" for home manufacturing of steering gear parts for cargo vessels. 

Action In The Aleutians
U.S. troops land unopposed on the Aleutian Islands. U.S. troops climbing down cargo nets into landing craft. Jeeps and artillery unloading from landing craft.

Roosevelt Tours U.S. War Plants
President Franklin D. Roosevelt sees tanks manufactured and tested at the Chrysler Tank Arsenal in Detroit. Tours the Ford bomber plant with Henry Ford and Charles E. Sorenson as well as visiting Army and Navy installations.