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Wwii Restricted Combat Bulletin #30 Sinking of Battleship Tirpitz Bombing in Eto Xd3119 (1944)

1944 · Short film · 11 min

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This declassified 1944 black and white Combat Bulletin produced by the United States Army Pictorial Service of the Signal Corps for the U.S. War Department (#30 in a series) offers glimpses of successful Allied efforts during World War II, covering British Royal Air Force campaigns and United States ground operations in Europe (TRT: 11:06).Title cards: “This Film Is Restricted” and “Produced by Army Pictorial Service, Signal Corps” (0:08). Title: “E.T.O. Activities in European Theatre of Operations” (0:37). Title: “R.A.F. Sinks “Tirpitz.” A map shows an attack range extending from England to Tromso in northern Norway (0:44). A British four-engined strategic bomber, an Avro Lancaster, takes off from a runway. A formation of Lancasters in flight (0:55). Aerial photography of a smokescreen in effect. The German battleship Tirpitz fires guns from long range (1:12). Another smokescreen, then clearer conditions offer an opportunity (2:01). Direct hits on the Tirpitz are seen from above in footage from R.A.F. camera planes (2:25). Title: “Front Line Steel Production.” A French front converges on a point in Differdange in Luxembourg. Steel factories along the Moselle River (3:27). A tram carries mine workers. Mine cars loaded with rocks. Inside a foundry, pouring molten steel from bull ladles. A block of molten steel is formed into a beam, placed on a conveyor belt, and hauled away (3:52). Title: “Bombed Belgium Rail Networks.” A map illustrates railroad lines running between…

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11 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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