B-17 Flying Fortresses Over Europe, In Action

US soldiers write message to enemy on bomb 'To Schicky this is only the start' / soldiers loading bombs into plane hatch / pilots ride bicycles to mission briefing, leaving bikes on ground / sign reads 'Combat Crews Only' / officers give orders regarding targets and inspecting planes to room / montage of pilots / they get up to leave / fighter planes on airfield, taking off as men watch, fly in formation / B-17 fighter planes bomb Rouen-Sotteville / aerial footage of bombing / planes in formation, returning / Chief of US Bomber Command General Ira C Eaker and Commander Rudolph E Flack get out of plane, shake hands Major General Carl Spaatz, Commanding General of the US Army Air Force.
US soldiers write message to enemy on bomb 'To Schicky this is only the start' / soldiers loading bombs into plane hatch / pilots ride bicycles to mission briefing, leaving bikes on ground / sign reads 'Combat Crews Only' / officers give orders regarding targets and inspecting planes to room / montage of pilots / they get up to leave / fighter planes on airfield, taking off as men watch, fly in formation / B-17 fighter planes bomb Rouen-Sotteville / aerial footage of bombing / planes in formation, returning / Chief of US Bomber Command General Ira C Eaker and Commander Rudolph E Flack get out of plane, shake hands Major General Carl Spaatz, Commanding General of the US Army Air Force.
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DETAILS

Editorial #:
502795827
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
October 01, 1942
Upload date:
License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:03:14:13
Location:
Sotteville-les-Rouen, Haute-Normandie, France
Mastered to:
QuickTime 8-bit Photo-JPEG SD 720x576 25p
Originally shot on:
16mm B/W Neg 486 29.97i
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Barcode:
b078-1942_011_p_sub1
Object name:
b078-1942_011_p_sub1