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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
Norwegian, French, Latvian and Lithuanian volunteers boarding trains to Germany in the European Theater during World War II.

Volunteers entrain to Germany in the European Theater during World War II. Minister-President of Norway Vidkun Quisling and an officer inspect police volunteers in Norway. The volunteers standing in formation. Several trees in the background. Insignia on the volunteers' uniforms. The Minister-President salutes and the officer hands over a flag to one of the volunteers. French volunteers inspected in Versailles, France. A few officers in front of the volunteers. The volunteers moving in columns on a path. The volunteers at a rail station with their baggage. They board a train to Germany. Latvian and Lithuanian volunteers for German Army service and a large crowd at a rail station. The volunteers boarding a train with their baggage. The train leaves the rail station. The volunteers waving to the crowd gathered at the station.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Portuguese
Clip: 65675066367
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