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| keywords: b-17 flying fortress bomber, island of elba italy, german v-1 flying bomb, cherboug france |
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Synopsis: B-17 Flying Fortress Bombers Land In Ukraine, Elba Italy Is Captured By French Forces, German V-1 Flying Bomb In Flight To Target In Britain, US Forces Enter Cherboug France... (read more) |
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Information: 1944 10 min BW |
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U.S. B-17 Flying Fortress planes bomb Yugoslav and Hungarian cities and land in the Ukraine. Ambassador Harriman and General Ira C. Eaker greet the crews. The Russians stage a show for the U.S. fliers. Shows General Perminov.
The island of Elba off the coast of Italy is taken by French troops. Shows General Tassigny.
First pictures of Germany’s V-1 flying bomb or buzz bomb in flight to a British target. Royal Air force experts examine the wreckage of a buzz bomb. Shows a diagram of the mechanism of the German flying bomb.
U.S. troops enter Cherboug, a deepwater port vital to the Allied Forces. Shows rockets being armed and loaded on planes. Gun camera footage records rockets being fired at ground targets. B-26 Marauder bombers attack rail centers. Shows Nazi POW’S (prisoners of war) taken in the Normandy Campaign.
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