STK-ID 20905

American Day Raids and British Night Raids over Germany (00/05/1944): day AERIAL SHOTs of the European Continent, with AIR TO AIR shots of US Flying Fortresses in flight above, beside and below the camera plane. Cuts to CUs of American crewmen, gunners. AIR TO AIR shots of Flying Fortresses with condensation trails clearly defined. Shots of flak bursts during raid, AERIAL SHOTs of dropping bomb loads, bombs exploding far below. Two shots of single Flying Fortresses landing at base. Sequence on British ground crewmen loading blockbusters into Lancaster bombers. Night AERIAL SHOTs of bombs exploding on target during raid.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Reportages nº 68
Location
Berlin
Year
1944
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Digital Bétacam, Reel 35 mm, Digital Video Disk
Shooting format
35mm fine grain b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3
Available resolutions
720 x 486