TUNISIA BOMBING BY U S AIR FORCE - NO SOUND

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Channel: British Movietone · 2015 · News & Politics

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(18 Jan 1943) 

Manchesters drop bombs at night. Marauders loaded with bombs. GS. Marauders, also loading same with 500 lb. bombs; fixing fin & tail to bombs. Under-carriage shot of bomb being hoisted. Various scenes of B.26's taking off, also Lightnings as escorts. Aerial shot in flight. Aerial shot of drome -. Rather clouded shot of drome showing B.26's scattered about & taxiing etc. Marauder taxis past others to take off. Aerial shot of five in flight. Lightning landing semi-into camera Marauder in flight, various angles. Petrol cans on wing of plane, being filled. CU of bullet holes shown on planes. Doolittle presents D.F.C., Group of three. air personnel. GS. Williams receiving medal, shakes hands etc. Doolittle shaking hands with other personnel of Williams Sqdn. CU Doolittle & Williams. CU. D.F.C. LS. Lightning landing into camera very good. Doolittle with group of men looking at map before raid. CU Doolittle background men. Doolittle dons flying suit in front of plane. Doolittle, Williams & Capt. Frank, walking along ranks of other officers who received the air medals, Doolittle shaking their hands. Doolittle in plane, a Spitfire, engine starts, taxis, bkgd. hangar. Spitfire taxis out of camera.

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