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Wrecked German Luftwaffe airplanes in a field.
A burned out German Ju-188 followed by several other destroyed aircraft, as filmed by American forces at the airfield, near the end of World War 2. Rear view of a Bf 110G-4/R3 and a side view of another Bf 110G with a damaged front half. Last aircraft is a He-111 bomber with a broken tail. Frankfurt-Rhein Main airfield.
U.S. fighter planes strafe targets of opportunity in Germany, near end of Second World War
March and April, 1945. Near the end of World War 2, P-47s of the U.S. 9th and 8th Air Forces attacking ground targets in Germany. They strafe various ground targets virtually at will. One chases a German Me-109. Rapid succession of identifying slates and fragments of gun camera footage. The first involves P-47 of the 100th Fighter Wing, 362nd Fighter Group, 378th Fighter Squadron, operating out of Frankfurt, Rhein Main Airbase (Y-73) Germany. Others involve the 8th Air Force, P-51s of the 338th Fighter Squadron and possibly other units.
Former war correspondents tour Frankfurt, Germany five years after World War 2
A passenger airplane of the American Overseas Airlines in Frankfurt, Germany. It is on a multi-leg journey carrying 45 former War Correspondents back to Europe for celebrations commemorating the 5th anniversary of the D-Day Invasion of World War II. Views of Frankfurt from a moving vehicle, high atop a ridge, looking down at the city, and winery grape fields. Many Frankfurt buildings visible and the Main River running beside the city. Views of some buildings still destroyed from World War II, five years prior. Several African American U.S. Army soldiers beside cars greet the party of former war correspondents. The correspondents meet with a U.S. Army General -- possibly J. Lawton Collins or Thomas Handy. A correspondent looks out from a window at a war-damaged building in the background. A street car with the sign "Nied Hochst" arrives at a stop and civilians get into it. Exterior and interior views of the main train station, the Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof. Some cakes and pastries in a bakery. Correspondents meeting with a local Frankfurt official and his wife. Remains of a largely destroyed church, likely either Frankfurt Cathedral (Imperial Cathedral of Saint Bartholomew) (German: Kaiserdom Sankt Bartholomäus) or Katharinenkirche (the Church of St. Katherine). Views of the wrecked exterior and interior of the church. A West German flag draped over an interior balcony. Sign outside the church door indicates "Entrance to the Exhibition" (Eingang zur Ausstellung). A Germany girl selling trinkets at a market cart. German boys and girls in a market square and fair area, possibly Romerberg. Correspondents approach a booth selling cigars and cigarettes. More partially destroyed buildings in Frankfurt. Correspondents boarding a plane at Rhein Main Airbase. View of the airport terminal. Sign on a building reads 'Rhein Main Base Operations. Elev 358'. The correspondents boarding the American Overseas Airlines aircraft, and seated inside the aircraft. Aerial view of the German countryside below. Passengers sleep and relax aboard the airborne aircraft.
Aircraft fly in formation over a field and an army band plays at Rhein Main Air Force Base near Frankfurt, Germany.
Activities at Rhein Main Air Force Base near Frankfurt, Germany. Aircraft fly in formation over a field. Last Vittles aircraft of Berlin Airlift in foreground on the field at Rhein Main Air Force Base. An aircraft taxis. An army band plays.
Laborers load bags of coal from a truck on Last Vittles aircraft at Rhein Main Air Force Base near Frankfurt, Germany.
Activities at Rhein Main Air Force Base near Frankfurt, Germany. Last Vittles aircraft of the Berlin Airlift parked on a field at the air force base. Officers stand under the wing of the aircraft on the field. Laborers load bags of coal from a truck on the Last Vittles aircraft. An army band plays. United States Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General Edward H. Alexander watches as the Last Vittles aircraft take off.
Brig. Gen. Alexander inspects the landing gear of a Last Vittles aircraft at Rhein Main Air Force Base in Frankfurt, Germany.
Activities at Rhein Main Air Force Base near Frankfurt, Germany. An army band plays at the air force base. Aircraft fly in formation. United States Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General Edward H. Alexander inspects the landing gear of a Last Vittles aircraft, part of the Berlin Airlift. A truck loaded with laborers backs up the aircraft. The laborers load coal in the aircraft.
