"Target — Germany!" Eighth Air Force Daylight Bombing Raids on Germany (1945)

Synopsis

This black & white educational film is about the Allied attacks against Nazi Germany during World War II. Copyright is 1945 but the film shows events circa 1943/1944. Opening titles: Target Germany! (:06-:12). U.S. Army Air Force planes in the skies over Germany. Bombs are loaded planes. Rows of bombs being worked on by men. American flag is raised on a flag pole. Inside a factory where B-17 Flying Fortresses are being assembled (:13-1:54). Mechanics fix planes. Propellers are wheeled around. Planes are pieced together. Inside a plane's cockpit. Classes for airmen so they can learn their way around the plane. Officer speaks to the men about their targets coming up. Men of the Eighth Air Force (1:55-3:59). Crews sit in on a target briefing as target locations are pointed out. Planes lined up on an airfield, ready for takeoff. Bombers take off into the sky. Stills of bombers dropping bombs on German bases in Africa. Planes in the sky over Germany (4:00-5:46). Twin engine Marauders get ready to fly. Bombs are loaded into them. American pilots walk towards the planes. RAF (Royal Air Force) & USAAF (United States Army Air Force) load up (5:47-7:07). B-24 LIberators and B-17s take off into the sky. A giant map. Men write on a chalk board. Propellers turn in the sky. Pilots are ready as the planes head for Germany. Planes in the sky (7:08-8:49). Artillery fires at the Allied planes in the sky. Bombs are dropped onto the fields below. Smoke plumes show where the explosions hit from…

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Running time

37 minutes

Collection

Ephemeral Films

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• Stock Footage