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Allied prisoners of war leave Popesti Airfield during Operation Gunn, WWII

15th Air Force Operation Reunion (Operation Gunn) to rescue Allied prisoners of war in Romania during World War II. Evacuation of 1,161 Allied prisoners of war (POWs) from Romanian hospitals and Popesti Airfield, near Bucharest, Romania. Men carry injured Allied POWS out of a hospital. An emaciated Allied POW flexes his muscles while lying on a stretcher. Men place the patient in ambulance. A disabled POW with crutches walks out of the hospital. Two men assist another POW walking with crutches. Injured Allied prisoner of war smiling. A POW smiles while walking with two canes. A man on the stretcher smiles as he is being carried out of the hospital for his evacuation. Allied prisoners of war sit inside the bus. Major Colonel Doctor Ford shake hands and say goodbye to the POW evacuees inside the bus. The bus departs for Popesti Airfield. Prisoners of war evacuees wave their hands from the windows of the bus. Groups of buses carrying POWs drive to Popesti Airfield. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber takes off from Popesti Airfield. Groups of POWs form a line before boarding the evacuation bombers. A B-17 Flying Fortress bomber taxiing. Fighter escorts circle above Popesti airfield during the evacuation. Allied POWs wave at the camera goodbye as they board the aircraft. Men carry a prisoner of war on a stretcher to the aircraft. Wounded prisoners of war are given priority to board on evacuation flights. An injured young pilot waiting while lying down on a stretcher. Men raise the stretcher up the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber’s bomb bay door. Injured POWs on stretchers are taken inside the evacuation aircraft through the bomb bay door. Medics accompany injured POWs during the evacuation flight.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 3 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079889
Injured POWs carried to bombers during evacuation Romania (Operation Gunn, WWII)

A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber takes off from the airfield during 15th Air Force Operation Reunion (Operation Gunn,) to rescue Allied prisoners of war in Romania during World War II. . Men carry an injured airman on a stretcher to a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. The men go under the bomber. Men raise the stretcher up the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber’s bomb bay door. Injured POWs on stretchers are taken inside the evacuation aircraft through the bomb bay door. Prisoners of war assist each other in boarding the aircraft. POWs form a line as they board the aircraft one by one. Some prisoners of war board the aircraft through the belly. A POW (who lost a leg) board the bomber. A prisoner of war smiling before he boards the evacuation bomber. Bomber starts engines. B-17 Flying Fortress bomber taking off from Popesti Airfield.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079890
Prisoners of war arrive in Italy after evacuation from Romania (Operation Gunn, WWII)

15th Air Force Operation Reunion (Operation Gunn) to rescue Allied prisoners of war in Romania during World War II. B-17 takes off from Romania. An injured prisoner of war (with head covered in bandages) takes a seat inside plane. A POW smiles while holding a newspaper. Another POW waving goodbye from a window. Groups of bombers in flight. A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber lands in San Giovanni Airfield. Allied prisoners of war disembark from the bomber after landing. United States troops greet their comrades after their evacuation from Romania. A happy reunion for prisoners of war and their comrades in Italy. Former prisoners of war smiling outside the bombers. Chief of Staff Colonel Taylor speaks to the former prisoners of war after their arrival in Italy. Officer gathered, including Colonel Taylor, General Nathan F. Twining, General Bourne.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079891
Men transport and load incendiary bombs, chemical officer reads a bomb chart in Europe (WWII)

World War II (WW2) Chemical Warfare Service logo and words, "Incendiaries over the Axis." An M76 incendiary bomb explosion. The United States officers in meeting room in front of wall map of Europe. A man puts a pin into “Berlin” on the map. A pillar of smoke rises from a bombed Nazi German war plant. Allied trucks carry chemical bombs on the road to a chemical park. A man carries a bomb, stacking it on a neat pile of incendiary bombs. Men unload wooden crates with incendiary bombs. Bomb warning reads “Do not assemble fuze to cluster until loaded into airplane”. The chemical officer at the headquarters of the United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe signs a document from his desk before handing it over. The chemical officer reads a chart showing the increased use of incendiary bombs by Allied forces from January to March 1944.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079921
B-26 Marauder bombers dropping bombs over Cassino, Italy during World War II

United States Army Air Forces Martin B-26 Marauder bombers in flight over Southern Italy. B-26 Marauder bomber dropping bombs over Cassino. Aerial view of targets being blown up by bombs. Explosions and smoke arise from exploding bombs.

Date: 1944, May
Duration: 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079939
Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agents parachute into Greece, Greek partisans receive supplies (WW2)

Training film shows United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agents arrive in Greece during World War II. A United States bomber flying low at night as two OSS spy agents parachute from the bomber. An OSS spy looking at harbor through a pair of binoculars while hiding behind bushes. View of Greek harbor. An OSS agent rummages through file cabinets at night. Two OSS agents communicate via radio inside their room. A United States Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber air drops canisters of supplies at night. Canisters with parachutes fall to ground. Greek partisans resistance fighters run with guns and assume prone position on the ground. View of railroad switch yard before simulated explosion from sabotage.

Date: 1943
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079982