The United States Army Eighth Air Force 351st Bombardment Group filming for 'Combat America'. Two crew numbers work on the top turret of a United States B-17 bomber. An Army jeep pulls 3 small trolleys loaded with bombs. Crew members working on the plane. Two waist gunners with 50 caliber ammunition belts on shoulders enter waist hatch of B-17. Two crew members stand at door of B-17. Many belts of 50 caliber ammunition lying on ground near the plane. Crew member donning electrically heated flying garb. Boots and other paraphernalia lying close by. Ground crew members standing under wing of the plane. The Army jeep parked close by. GI kneels on ground as another crew member loads 50 caliber machine gun belts into a box. (World War II period).
Scene from filming of "Combat America" at RAF Polebrook in England. U.S. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress parked on an airbase. Several takes of AAF Gunner, Sergeant Posti, with belt of 50 caliber ammunition over his shoulder talking with Captain Clark Gable, standing near the plane.
Scenes from filming of "Combat America," at RAF Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England, during World War 2. B-17s parked on the airfield. U.S. Airmen standing near and on balcony of the Base Operations control tower building. Interior of Quonset Hut barrack. An airman reading. Four U.S. Army Air Force Officers posing in Class A uniform with blouse and hat.
Several takes of scene from filming of "Combat America." Activities of the United States Army Air Forces stationed at RAF Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England, during World War 2. Airmen sleeping in barracks.Posters pasted on the wall in the background. A U.S. AAF Officer, wearing patch of 351st Bomb Group, on his jacket, enters the room and awakens them by pulling their covers off. Airman gets out of bed.
Activities of the U.S. AAF military units stationed at RAF Polebrook , Northamptonshire, England, during filming of "Combat America" in World War 2. Officers coming out of a quonset hut. Soldiers seated in a jeep. A trailer attached to the jeep. Bombs loaded on the trailer. The jeep leaves the area. U.S. Army Air Force personnel in parade formation.
Two U.S. Army Air Force fliers of the 351st Heavy Bomb Group stand in front of a large wall map during World War 2. A U.S. Army Air Force Warrant Officer, Mr. Steele, holds a packet of chewing tobacco and puts some in his mouth.. USAAF fliers seated on chairs watching the filming, are amused. Suddenly, one of them gets up and looks out the window. They all get up and leave the room quickly.