WORLD WAR II NEWSREELS, 1944-1945 Part 2

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Summary: Reel 1: AIRBORNE INVASION MANEUVERS, ENGLAND. PARAMOUNT NEWS PRESENTS SPECTACULAR ARMY AIR FORCE PICTURES OF THE MEN WHO WILL SPEARHEAD THE COMING INVASION. SOMEWHERE IN THESE FILMS IS THE INDIVIDUAL SOLDIER WHO WILL BE THE FIRST AMERICAN TO SET FOOT ON HITLER'S EUROPE. 1) 38' series or shots of paratroopers in training in England, boarding C-47B's, the aircraft taking off and paratroopers jumping from large formation of C-47B's as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill watch. 2) 364' First US raid on Berlin. 3) 378' Series of shots of B-l7G's and P-38J's flying through heavy antiaircraft fire in first US daylight raid on Berlin, 4 March 1944, shows Lt. Col. Mumford interviewing the men after the raid. 4)456' ALLIED AIR FRONT INVASION BOMBERS. 5) 47l' Series of shots of USAF B-26C's taking off and raiding French coast; crippled bomber returning and scenes of Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton, Commander, 9th Air Force, at his desk in the war room speaking. 6) 826' Total footage in reel. Reel 2: AIR INVASION. 1) 9' Scenes of B-24J's and B-l7G's flying through flak; Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower inspecting a 9th Air Force base in England; B-26C's landing and British Hudsons taking off. 2) 262' B-29 RAID ON JAPAN. 3) 268' Series of shots of Japanese crowds in streets of Yawata, Japan; diagram of new B-29 bomber showing its dimensions and scenes of B-29 in flight. 4) 384'Total footage in reel. Reel 3: INVASION ST0RY D-DAY MATERIAL. PARAMOUNT. BATTLE OF FRANCE.1) 7' Series of shots showing invasion of France on D-Day 6 June 1944, planes bombing, ships shelling coast, parachutists descending, allied troops In liberated French village, German prisoners and pro-Nazi European prisoners, allied dead in surf, troops digging in, wounded being evacuated and war bond trailer. 966' Total footage in reels Reel 4:RED DEVIL PARATROOPERS. WORLD SALUTES HEROES WHO STOOD ALONE. 1) 5' Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Lt. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton inspect the British Red Devil paratroopers of the British 1st Airborne Division before they take off for attack on Arnhem, Holland. 2) 185' AIR GIANTS SPEED PACIFIC WAR. 3) 189' Shows B-29's being assembled in plant and preparing for takeoff at Chinese bases, Chinese native laborer working on airfield and Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault giving final word to crews as Chinese soldiers watch -- shows takeoffs and aerials of B-29. 4) 387' REMEMBER ARNHEM. 5) 391' Parachutists and glider troops landing in the vicinity of Arnhem, Holland. 6) 536' TRUTH ABOUT PL0ESTI. 7) 540' Shows results of raids on Ploesti, August 1944, from captured German film, flaming ruins of derricks and refinery and storage tanks and King Michael of Rumania inspecting the ruins. 8) 719' Total footage in ree1 Reel 5: B-29's OPEN AIR WAR ON JAPAN. 1) 15' Shows Mt. Fujiyama and Gen. Arnold in Washington giving B-29 crew send-off, as well as aerial views of Tokyo and B-29's arriving at Saipan. 2) 141' PACIFIC REPORT. SAIPAN RAID. 3) 156' Shows pilots being briefed by Brig. Gen. Emmett O'Donnell and taking off, aerials of B-29's flying through flak, bombs falling and flaming wreckage of B-29's on Saipan after Japanese air raid. 4) 342' BATTLE OF THE BULGE. 5) 363' Shows US troops retreating and laying barbed wire and land mines during Battle of Bulge, December 1944, planes dropping bombs and German prisoners of war. Also shows C-47B's dropping supplies to US troops at Bastogne, ruins, dead, tanks and artillery firing and street fighting at Haguenau, France, as well as Alsatian women being released from prison and James H. Byrnes speaking for War Bond drive. 6) 688' BUZZ BOMBS. PARAMOUNT. 7) 704' Shows US buzz bombs, duplicates of German V-1 bombs, being produced, fuselage is assembled at Toledo, Ohio, and jet engines are assembled at Dearborn, Michigan. Shows Raymond Blough and Henry Ford II watching operations, static tests of jet engine of US buzz bombs and launchings and fly-bys to left of US buzz bombs.834' Total footage in reel. Reel 6: NORDEN BOMBSIGHT. PARAMOUNT -- FIRST PICTURES OF NORDEN BOMBSIGHT. 1) 15' Shows Norden bombsight being unloaded from aircraft, pilots being briefed, B-24J's in air under attack by Messerschmidt fighters and scenes of bombardier at bombsight aboard B-17G in flight and bombs falling and exploding on target. 2) 243' CORREGIDOR. PARAMOUNT -- ARMY, NAVY SIGNAL CORPS AND AIR CORPS FILM. 3) 255' Shows Japanese lowering US flag and raising Japanese flag after fall of Corregidor in 1942. 4) 271' Scenes of US troops in Japanese prison camps. 5) 292' Shows invasion of Corregidor on February 16, 1945, by 5O3rd Air Regiment and 24th Division -- 5O3rd Air Regiment is dropped by parachute and 24th Division comes ashore in amphibious vehicles, troops land and fight their way inland. 6) 591' RAIDS AND ACTIVITIES IN ETO: PARAMOUNT -- GERMANY TWO-WAY SMASH MARCH 6, 1945. Scenes of city of Cologne including Cologne Cathedral, German prisoners, P-38L, bombs exploding on ground, P-5lG coming in for crash landing, bombs from Russian aid craft exploding on Berlin at night and Sgt. Peter D. Guissipi and Pvt. Pat Brady being interviewed. 918' Total footage in reel. Reel 7: LITTLE TIGER JOE. 1) 7'Shows Little Tiger Joe, Chinese refugee boy, who is adopted as mascot by men of the US 14th Air Force in China. 2) 178'CHINA REFUGEES. 3) l84'Shows Chinese refugees fleeing from Japanese offensive, 1944. 4) 327' AIR PICK-UP RESCUE. 5) 334'Shows R-6 helicopter evacuating wounded and L-20 Beaver picking man up from ground using new technique at speed of 130 mph. 6) 440' BOMBER GIRLS.7) 452' Shows pin-up girls painted by airmen on fuselages of bombers. 8) 587' B-29'S BOMB FORMOSA. 9) 602' Shows B-29's taking off, bombs falling and exploding on Formosa and B-29's in air. 10) 664'GERMANY AFTER DEFEAT. 11) 674' Shows ruins of Berchtesgaden, Goering's stolen art collection taken from all over Europe in air raid shelter, Landsberg prison where Hitler wrote "MEIN KAMPF" and captured high German military officials including Gen. Herman Gerd Von Runstedt, Albert Kesselring and scenes of Herman Goering surrendering to the British Army. 852' Total footage in reel. THE END. Good (Basic: Dupe neg)

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities