STK-ID 27224

Air strike: Sequence on snow-covered air base, of men brushing snow off bombs, bombing up Mitchell bombers, bombers taking off. Cut to scramble, pilots taking off in Spitfires. Cuts to men firing at attacking aircrafts from trenches in snow, to wreckage of downed planes on fire, firemen combating flames. Various gun camera shots of German planes being blown out of the sky, of pilot ejecting from plane. Cut back to shots of wreckage of German planes including views of Swastika on debris, of dead casualty, of people examining wrecks.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
War News
Location
England
Year
1940
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Digital Bétacam, Reel 16 mm, Digital Video Disk
Shooting format
35mm fine grain b&w, 16mm fine grain b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3
Available resolutions
720 x 486