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Crew members leave a briefing room and walk towards a B-17 Flying Fortress parked on a field in the European Theater.

Outtakes from the film "Memphis Belle". Crew members of a B-17 Flying Fortress leave a briefing room in the European Theater. They come out of the briefing room and walk towards the plane which is parked on a field. Houses and trees in the area. A trailer on the field. A man stands near the plane.

Date: 1943, October
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046289
A B-17 Flying Fortress bombs the target area in the European Theater.

Mission footage outtakes from the film "Memphis Belle". B-17 Flying Fortress in flight in the European Theater. An aerial view of a B-17 in flight. A formation of B-17s. The target area in view. Bombs fall from the bomb bay and hit the target area. Smoke from the explosion. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, October
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046290
Crew members relax during the flight of a B-17 Flying Fortress in the European Theater.

Mission footage outtakes from the film "Memphis Belle". A B-17 Flying Fortress in flight in the European Theater. The navigator checks a map. The crew relaxes during the flight of the plane. A man lights a cigarette. An unmanned top turret gun.

Date: 1943, October
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046291
A gunner prepares to hit a target during the flight of a B-17 in the European Theater.

Mission footage outtakes from the film "Memphis Belle". B-17 Flying Fortress in flight in the European Theater. An aerial view of group of B-17s in flight. A pilot in the cockpit. He wears an oxygen mask and the bell inflates and deflates. A gunner prepares to hit a target. Views of the nose guns while in flight. The planes fly in formation leaving vapor trails behind.

Date: 1943, October
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046294
United States Air Force operations in the European Theater during World War II.

U.S. Air Force operations in the European Theater during World War 2. A bombardier gets out of the nose of a U.S. B-17 Flying Fortress bomber plane. Pilots talk beside a B-17. An animation of number of sorties and tons of bomb drops over enemy target. Aerial point of view (POV) shots from cockpit of a US Army air force aircraft in flight on an attack run flying low over houses and industry of enemy territory in Europe during World War 2. An aerial formation of B-17s, P-39 Airacobra fighters, B-24 Liberator bombers and P-38 Lightning fighters. Chancellor of Germany Adolf Hitler giving an impassioned, animated, emotional speech. German Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels in a conference. American men and women war production workers inside a factory making war materiel. U.S. firing squad fires salute over a grave. An airplane burns and a crew member face down on the grass. U.S. Army Air Force fighters and bombers in flight and bombs away views as bombers drop bombs on German targets .

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060194
P-38 planes fly over B-17 planes in European Theatre of Operations

38th and 338th Fighter Squadron P-38H's taxi round perimeter track at Nuthampstead and take-off down main runway. Some of the planes take off in pairs and others singly. Among those seen are , Lt. Jerry Ayers' P-38H coded CG-Q and Lt. Stanley Richardson's P-38H coded CL-X. Views of 55th Fighter Group P-38H planes escorting 91st Bomb Group B-17Fs in European Theater of Operations. Flights of P-38 planes position themselves to protect B-17 formations. Crew officers (including Capt. Hancock of the 38th FS) observe the activities from ground. The P-38s return to land. One P-38 releases drop tank over the airfield before landing. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030629