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National Archives Identifier: 65930
Local Identifier: 342-USAF-19510
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/65930
Series: Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities
Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations
This item av documents the time period: 1942 - 10/1943
Shot List:Summary: Eighth Air Force activity during World War II. Highlighting the B-17 bomber, MEMPHIS BELLE, selected for tour of USA after completing 25 missions. Combat missions and tour scenes. Reel 10: 1) PS B-17 flying overhead. 2) PS B-17 landing, No. 3 prop feathered. 3) PS B-17 landing, No. 1 prop feathered. Scene repeats. 4) Aerial formation B-17's several scenes. 5) Aerial single B-17. 6) ACU gear lowering as plane lets down for landing, wheels touch down, piano continues on up strip and takes off again, wheels retract -- scene taken from belly turret. 7) Aerial formation of B-17's. 8) CU B-17 crew member debriefing room scene. 9) MS B-17 crow enter de-briefing room. 10) MS ground repairmen drive up to B-17 on home-made scooter. 11) PS B-17's stationary, props turning. 12) PS B-17's awaiting take-off-time. 13) MCU crew of B-17 near plane, pilot briefing men. 14) MS crew enter plane. 15) CU name on plane, HITLER'S GREMLIN. 16) ECU same. 17) CU naME of pLane, ROYAL FLESH. 18) LS operations building at USAF in England. 19) CU American flag on mast, B-17 in flight bg. 20) CU American flag waves in breeze. 21) MS same flag atop building. 22) PS aerial formation of B-17's passing overhead. 23) CU crew in briefing room, several scenes. 24) CU crews synchronize watches. 25) MS crews leave briefing room. 26) CU briefing officer points at map. 27) CU map, target marked on same. 28) MS crew arrives for debriefing. 29) PS ground crewmen watch B-17's return. 30) CU English WAC watches same. Several of ground crews and officers watching B-17's return. 31) MS MEMPHIS BELLE taxiing. 32) CU crew near nose of same. 33) PS MEMPHIS BELLE, B-17. 34) CPS name on B-17, DESPERATE JOURNEY. 35) PS B-17 taxiing. 36) MS crow near B-17, crowd around same. 37) MS men near trucks. 38) PS two gunners carry barrels of 50 caliber guns away from plane. 39) MS crew leave jeep near operations building. 40) CU crew member of B-17, MEMPHIS BELLE, riding in Jeep. 41) MS mechanics working on MEMPHIS BELLE. 42) PS same near hangar, B-17, DESPERATE JOURNEY, undergoing repair in same area. 43) MS ground crewmen match coins. 44) MS same men pitch coins at line. 45) Aerial formation B-17's, several scenes, vapor trails. 46) AS burst of flak. 47) Aerial formation B-17's, several scenes. 48) Aerial single B-17, several scenes. 49) Aerial formation B-17's, several scenes. 50) Several MS's ground crew and flight crew near B-17.
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