Operations at the British Political Warfare Executive (PWE) School in Cairo, Egypt. High altitude view of the city. Buildings and houses. A board reads: 'Sharia El Saleh Ayub'. Men walk outside a building. Joint Chiefs of Staff come out of the building. They discuss about the PWE camp. Chiefs in a jeep move towards the PWE camp. Panoramic views of Cairo, the pyramids and the sphinx. A board reads: 'PWE Military Training School'. Men walk with camels.
The L-4 aircraft takes off from a narrow muddy airstrip in Italy. The plane in flight. Another airplane parked on the air strip. Mountains in the foreground. The plane drops propaganda leaflets for the U.S. Army.
Man works on a printing machine, Italy. He operates stereo type casting machine. Soldier inspects the casting of propaganda leaflets for blemishes.
Italian girls work at a factory in Italy. They pack the Allied propaganda leaflets for distribution by artillery and aircraft in air drops. They wrap the leaflets and place them in shells. Bundles of wrapped leaflets on table.
B-17 bombers of the U.S. 8th Air Force, 91st Bomb Group, take off from their base at RAF Bassingbourn. Views from inside the B-17, "Memphis Belle." The landing gear of the "Memphis Belle" retracting into the wheel well. Views of English countryside, including many RAF airfields. B-17s in close formation. Crew members of the "Memphis Belle" are seen at their duty stations inside the aircraft, including: Captain Robert Morgan,Pilot; Captain Jim Vernis,Co-Pilot; Sergeant Robert Hanson,Radio operator and gunner; Captain Chuck Leighton, Navigator; Sergeant Harold Loch,Flight Engineer and Top Turret Gunner; Sergeant John Quinlan, Tail-Gunner; Sergeant Cecil Scott, ball turret gunner; Captain Vince Evans,Bombardier ; Sergeants Bill Winchell and Tony Nastal, Waist gunners. Pilot , Captain Morgan, alerts crew and dons his oxygen mask as they climb through ten thousand feet. View of coast of England as they leave. Temperatures drop and contrails form as the formation of B-17s climbs to 25 thousand feet.
B-17 aircraft of the 91st Bomb Group leave heavy contrails as they proceed, at 25 thousand feet, toward their target, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Animated map showing Plan of the Day for 1 thousand Allied aircraft in coordinated raids, including some intended to fool the enemy. Plans of attack by Allied, so-called, Blue, Green and White forces, that include B-24s, B-17s, B-26s, and P-47 and RAF Spitfire fighter escorts. The B-17s of the 91st Bomb Group are part of the Plan of the Day.
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