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HD 1944 Sound Newsreel

Fighter Kills - ETO

US Gov / Military

Summary

9/1944 - 12/1944 Summary: GSAP views, German planes are shot down over France; one explodes, falls in flames; ME-163 jet fighter is shot down. Good low level shots, strafing trains and traffic; some trucks are attacked on bridge; planes on the ground and in the water are shot up. GSAP views, German jet propelled ME-262 and ME-163 are brought down by fighter planes, some at high altitudes above cloud formations. (Nov 1944). GSAP views, fighter planes attacking railroad yards, trains, German planes on the ground and in the air. German pilots can be seen bailing out of some planes. GSAP views, German fighter planes shot down. Several shots of German planes destroyed on the ground. MS, explosions from strafed freight car. GSAP views, tracer fire as German planes are shot down; German pilot bails out. (Dec 44). AIR-GROUND COOPERATION.: Nyaunga, Burma, S E Asia: 02/1945. LSs, P-47s strafe and dive-bomb enemy positions. LS, British troops fording river and attacking across hilly ground under aerial cover. GSAP, strafing enemy AA positions, refineries, and supply lines at Cheuk.

Details

Reference
111-ADC-10508
Source
NARA
Collection
US Army
Genre
Newsreel
Year
1944
Decade
1940 - 1949
Original format
35mm DNC (P)
Duration
10:52
File format
Prores 4:2:2 HQ / 1080p
Colour
Black & white
Sound
Yes
WW2 Europe Pacific France Burma Nyaunga