| 01:00:03 3.67 |
CU AIR FORCE ARM PATCH INSIGNIA.
|
| 01:00:03 3.67 |
PAN TO CAMERAS MOUNTED BEHIND PILOT SEATED IN P-47.
|
| 01:00:08 8.67 |
CU CAMERAS UNDER WING, IN THE WHEEL WELL, IN THE
INSTRUMENT PANEL |
| 01:01:13 73.67 |
ACTOR JIMMY STEWART SITS AT DESK. READS TELEGRAM FROM
GENERAL SPOTZ |
| 01:01:56 116.67 |
ITALY. AERIAL ITALIAN VILLAGES: PEOPLE RIDING
DONKEYS, CARRYING WASH ON THEIR HEADS, RIDING CARTS. BOMBED-OUT STRUCTURES, RUBBLE |
| 01:02:44 164.67 |
MOTHER WITH CHILD SEATED AT ROAD'S EDGE. CHILD
PLAYING IN RUBBLE COMES UPON DECAYED BODY |
| 01:03:02 182.67 |
AERIAL VIEW OF REMOTE ITALY AS SEEN BY PILOT.
|
| 01:03:14 194.67 |
AERIAL PAN MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE.
|
| 01:04:19 259.67 |
VARIOUS AERIALS OF DESTROYED RAILROAD YARDS & ROADS
IN ITALY. MOUNTAIN VILLAGES |
| 01:04:45 285.67 |
MAP OF ITALY WITH ISLAND OF CORSICA JUST NORTH OF
SARDINIA |
| 01:04:59 299.67 |
AERIAL VIEW FRENCH-OWNED RUGGED, PRIMITIVE ISLAND OF
CORSICA |
| 01:05:09 309.67 |
SMALL CONCRETE BUILDING, "BAR NAPOLEON".
|
| 01:05:14 314.67 |
VARIOUS VILLAGE STREET SCENES OF CORSICA. CROSSES
MARK GRAVES OF GERMANS LEFT BY WAYSIDE WHERE THEY FELL WHEN FRENCH LIBERATED CORSICA IN 1943. |
| 01:05:34 334.67 |
GI CLIMBS WATCH TOWER NEAR ALTO AIR BASE.
|
| 01:05:39 339.67 |
GROUND CREW TURN AIRPLANE PROPS BY HAND TO LOOSEN IT
BEFORE MISSION. TRACTOR PULLS RACKS OF BOMBS. CREWMEN PREPARE PLANES. |
| 01:05:49 349.67 |
PILOT ASLEEP IN BED IN TENT AWAKENS & GETS DRESSED.
|
| 01:06:27 387.67 |
CU GI CHECKS FOR PIMPLES ON HIS FACE WITH SMALL HAND-
HELD MIRROR. |
| 01:06:32 392.67 |
GI FILLS HELMET WITH WATER FROM CAN BEFORE USING IT
TO WASH HIMSELF. |
| 01:06:37 397.67 |
GI OUTSIDE TENT PUTS ON HIS PANTS.
|
| 01:06:42 402.67 |
CU GI WASHES FACE FROM HELMET.
|
| 01:06:47 407.67 |
SHIRTLESS GI COMBS HAIR.
|
| 01:06:52 412.67 |
CU GI SHAVING. OTHERS WIPING FACE, COMBING HAIR.
|
| 01:07:03 423.67 |
MONTAGE SHIRTLESS GIS BRUSHING TEETH OUTSIDE TENTS.
|
| 01:07:08 428.67 |
CU SHIRTLESS 22 YEAR OLD MAJOR "SPANKY" MANDA,
SQUADRON OPERATIONS OFFICER, VIGOROUSLY BRUSHES TEETH. |
| 01:07:39 459.67 |
SHIRTLESS FLIGHT LEADER CAPTAIN HOWARD HICKCOCK COMBS
HAIR AT MAKESHIFT MIRROR |
| 01:07:59 479.67 |
CU SHIRTLESS LT. COLONEL GILBERT O. WATT OPENS BACK
OF ITALIAN GENERAL'S TRAILER. GRABS TIPPED-OVER BOTTLE OF WATER ON ROOF OF TRAILER. REMOVES CAP & STICKS HIS HEAD UNDER A STREAM OF WATER FOR QUICK WAKE UP. |
| 01:08:30 510.67 |
AERIAL VIEW ALTO AIRBASE
|
| 01:08:35 515.67 |
AERIAL ZOOM IN RUNWAY.
|
| 01:08:40 520.67 |
TWO GIS IN HIGH WATCH TOWER.
|
| 01:08:45 525.67 |
AMERICAN & FRENCH FLAGS FLY OVER BASE.
|
| 01:09:10 550.67 |
CU GROUP COMMANDER LT. COL. ARCHIE J. KNIGHT, WITH
PIPE IN MOUTH |
| 01:09:15 555.67 |
PILOTS WALK INTO BRIEFING TENT. PICK UP INSTRUCTION
KITS & ENEMY MONEY |
| 01:09:20 560.67 |
CU SERIOUS FACED PILOTS LISTEN TO BRIEFING
|
| 01:10:31 631.67 |
MAP SHOWS WHERE ALLIED FORCES, INCLUDING ANZIO
BEACHHEAD & CASSINO, WERE STOPPED FOR FIVE MONTHS ALONG THE "GUSTAV LINE". |
| 01:10:39 639.67 |
AERIAL VIEW OF ABBEY ON MOUNT CASSINO WHERE BOMBING
DIDN'T WORK. |
| 01:11:20 680.67 |
LT GENERAL HARRIS B. ACKER CLIMBING INTO COCKPIT OF
PLANE |
| 01:12:11 731.67 |
ANIMATED DRAWING OF NOOSE TIGHTENING AROUND BOOT OF
ITALY. ANIMATED DRAWINGS SHOW MANY RAILROAD LINES IN ITALY AS WELL AS RIVERS WITH HUNDREDS OF MAJOR BRIDGES. |
| 01:12:34 754.67 |
AERIAL VIEW BRIDGES IN ITALY, SOME BOMBED OUT
|
| 01:12:39 759.67 |
VARIOUS SCENES P-47 THUNDERBOLT.
|
| 01:13:12 792.67 |
VARIOUS SCENES P-47 SQUADRON LINED UP AT RUNWAY
|
| 01:13:17 797.67 |
GROUND CREW WASHES WINDOW ON P-47. OTHERS LOOK OVER
PLANES TO PREPARE THEM FOR FLIGHT. |
| 01:14:09 849.67 |
PILOT CARRIES PARACHUTE & GEAR TO PLANE. CLIMBS INTO
COCKPIT WITH ASSISTANT OF GROUND CREWMAN. |
| 01:14:38 878.67 |
GIL WYMAN WHO FLIPS HIS INTO COCKPIT BEFORE CLIMBING
ONTO PLANE WITH GEAR |
| 01:14:43 883.67 |
PILOT MAJOR RICHARD HUNTSINGER HANDS HIS PARACHUTE &
GEAR TO CREWMAN ON WING BEFORE CLIMBING UP & INTO COCKPIT. PLANE HAS WHEEL EMBLEM ON RUDDER. |
| 01:14:59 899.67 |
CU VARIOUS SCENES PILOTS IN COCKPITS TALKING TO THEIR
CREW CHIEFS |
| 01:15:09 909.67 |
PILOT DONS HIS PILOT HAT WITH GOGGLES
|
| 01:15:14 914.67 |
PILOTS & CREW CHIEFS ARE SILENT FOR FIVE MINUTES.
RELAX, SETTLE DOWN, & COLLECT THEIR THOUGHTS BEFORE STARTING ENGINES. |
| 01:15:29 929.67 |
CU SERIOUS FACED PILOT IN DEEP THOUGHT
|
| 01:16:28 988.67 |
CU PROPELLOR REVS UP. ENGINE SPUTTERS
|
| 01:16:33 993.67 |
CU LOGO ON COWLING.
|
| 01:16:37 997.67 |
CU SPINNING PROP.
|
| 01:16:42 1002.67 |
PILOT HANDS CREW CHIEF HALF-FINISHED CIGAR. CREW
CHIEF LOOKS AT CIGAR BEFUDDLED. |
| 01:16:53 1013.67 |
LONG LINE OF P-47 THUNDERBOLTS SIDE BY SIDE WITH
ENGINES REVVING UP. PREPARE TO TAKE OFF. |
| 01:16:58 1018.67 |
CU BELLY TANKS, ROCKETS & MACHINE GUNS ON WINGS
|
| 01:17:21 1041.67 |
COMMANDER ON PHONE GIVES PERMISSION FOR TAKE OFF.
|
| 01:17:26 1046.67 |
TWO P-47 PLANES TAXI ON RUNWAY
|
| 01:17:31 1051.67 |
PILOT POV OF SPEEDING RUNWAY POV PILOT.
|
| 01:17:59 1079.67 |
ENTIRE SQUADRON AIRBORNE. HORSE IN PASTURE AS P-47s
FLY OVERHEAD AFTER TAKE-OFF. |
| 01:19:49 1189.67 |
AERIAL VIEW SQUADRON FLYING OVER COAST OF CORSICA &
THEN OUT TO SEA. |
| 01:19:54 1194.67 |
POV PLANE FLYING ABOVE.
|
| 01:19:59 1199.67 |
AERIAL VIEW GROUP OF FOUR P-47s FLYING SIDE BY SIDE
OVER SEA ABOVE VIEW FAST MOVING SEA |
| 01:20:09 1209.67 |
AERIAL VIEW LANDMARK CASTLE ON HILL AS SQUADRON
ARRIVES IN ITALY |
| 01:20:42 1242.67 |
AERIAL VIEW MOUNTAINS AS SEEN BY WING CAMERAS.
|
| 01:20:47 1247.67 |
VARIOUS ANGLE VIEWS PLANES FLYING FORMATION IN GROUPS
OF FOUR, WING TIP TO WING TIP. |
| 01:20:53 1253.67 |
FRONT VIEW FORMATION TOWARDS CAMERA, MOUNTAINS IN
BKGD. |
| 01:20:59 1259.67 |
ALL PLANES FOLLOW SQUADRON LEADER. PLANES CLIMB INTO
CLOUDS. |
| 01:21:59 1319.67 |
AERIAL VIEW OF GROUND LOOKING FOR TARGET.
|
| 01:22:23 1343.67 |
FORMATION SPREADS OUT.
|
| 01:22:28 1348.67 |
AERIAL VIEW ROAD BELOW IS CHECKPOINT TO TARGET.
|
| 01:22:57 1377.67 |
AERIAL VIEW TARGET BRIDGE.
|
| 01:23:02 1382.67 |
PLANES GO INTO "LOOSE STRING FORMATION": ONE PLANE
BEHIND THE OTHER. PLANE PEELS OFF & DIVES TO ATTACK WHILE REST OF SQUADRON FOLLOWS. |
| 01:23:57 1437.67 |
PLANE CAMERAS SHOW VARIOUS DIRECT HITS & MISSES BY
DIVING PLANES. |
| 01:24:02 1442.67 |
CU BOMB DROPPING FROM WING.
|
| 01:24:07 1447.67 |
CU VIEW PILOT AS HE BLACKS OUT TEMPORARILY FROM THE
DIVE. |
| 01:24:49 1489.67 |
AERIAL VIEW OF BRIDGE BEING HIT & MISSED BY BOMBS AS
SECTION AFTER SECTION OF SQUADRON ATTACKS. |
| 01:24:54 1494.67 |
AERIAL VIEWS STRAFING OF TARGETS WITH MACHINE GUN
FIRE. |
| 01:25:04 1504.67 |
GROUP OF FOUR PLANES PEEL OFF FOR STRAFING ATTACKS
AFTER RUNNING OUT OF BOMBS. PLANES PROWL FOR TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY. |
| 01:25:50 1550.67 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS HERDS OF CATTLE & HORSES
RUNNING AS PLANES FLY LOW. |
| 01:25:55 1555.67 |
CU AERIAL PLANE FOLLOWS RAILROAD TRACKS BELOW
|
| 01:25:59 1559.67 |
VARIOUS SCENES TRAIN BEING STRAFED AS SEEN THROUGH
WING CAMERAS. |
| 01:26:51 1611.67 |
TANK CARS & BOX CARS BIENG STRAFED CAUSES HUGE
SECONDARY EXPLOSION ON TRAIN. |
| 01:26:56 1616.67 |
AERIAL STRAFING OF LIGHTHOUSE & RADIO STATION.
|
| 01:28:13 1693.67 |
AERIAL STRAFING OF COUNTRYSIDE ANYTHING THAT MOVES.
VO PILOT TALKING TO HIMSELF AS HE FIRES AT VEHICLES PARKED AT FARM HOUSES & OTHER BUILDINGS IN FARM AREA. |
| 01:28:39 1719.67 |
VEHICLE EXPLODES AFTER BEING HIT.
|
| 01:29:07 1747.67 |
SQUADRON TAKING OFF AT ALTO AIRFIELD
|
| 01:29:24 1764.67 |
SCENES OF PILOTS LEISURE: GROUP OF PILOTS CROWD INTO
LARGE JEEP FOR TRIP T TOWN. |
| 01:29:29 1769.67 |
GROUP PLAYING DICE.
|
| 01:29:34 1774.67 |
CU GI TAKING SHOWER OUTSIDE TENT.
|
| 01:29:39 1779.67 |
GI WASHING CLOTHES OUTSIDE TENT. CLOTHES LINE FULL OF
LAUNDRY DRYING IN SUN. |
| 01:29:44 1784.67 |
PAN PUMP WITH HOSE LEADING TO HOT WATER CAN & 50
GALLON DRUM COMBINE TO MAKE HOMEMADE WASHING MACHINE |
| 01:30:24 1824.67 |
SHIRTLESS GI BARBER CUTS HAIR OF GI IN OUTDOOR
BARBER SHOP. |
| 01:30:29 1829.67 |
CU SIGN "JERRY'S CLIP JOINT"
|
| 01:30:34 1834.67 |
GI SITS IN SHADE READING NEWSPAPER.
|
| 01:30:36 1836.67 |
CROWD OF GIS HITCH RIDE ON HUGH FLAT BED ARMY TRUCK.
|
| 01:30:39 1839.67 |
GI WATCHES BUDDY PRACTICE WITH YO-YOs.
|
| 01:30:44 1844.67 |
CU GI DOING FANCY TRICKS WITH YO-YO TOWARDS CAMERA.
|
| 01:30:49 1849.67 |
GI WITH CIGAR IN MOUTH BOBS HEAD AS HE TRIES TO WATCH
EACH YO-YO IN MOTION. |
| 01:30:58 1858.67 |
VARIOUS VIEWS GIS BUILDING SMALL SHACKS FOR LIVING.
|
| 01:31:19 1879.67 |
LARGE HOUSE ALONG BEACH AS BEACH CLUB.
|
| 01:31:31 1891.67 |
GIS ENJOY SWIMMING & WATER SPORTS, FROLIC ON HOMEMADE
RAFT. GIS RUN INTO SURF CARRYING RUBBER RAFTS. |
| 01:31:36 1896.67 |
CU TWO GIS PLACE SMALL DOGS IN WATER & WATCH THEM
RACE FOR SHORE. |
| 01:31:41 1901.67 |
GIS ENJOYS RIDING IN SMALL SAILBOAT MADE FROM SING
TANK WITH PARACHUTES FOR SAILS. |
| 01:32:51 1971.67 |
DRUNKEN SOLDIERS WITH BEER BOTTLES IN HAND STAGER
AROUND IN THE WATER. PILE HANDS FULL OF MUD ON HEAD OF BUDDY. |
| 01:33:16 1996.67 |
GIS PLAY CATCH WITH BASEBALL & GLOVES OUTSIDE
"COUNTRY CLUB" BUILDING THEY BUILT. |
| 01:33:21 2001.67 |
CU 2 GIs PLAYING CHECKERS OUTSIDE TENTS.
|
| 01:33:26 2006.67 |
TWO LAYING SUNNING AT BEACH.
|
| 01:33:31 2011.67 |
CU VARIOUS VIEWS GIS WRITING LETTER HOME, READING
NEWSPAPERS, SLEEPING WITH DOG, IN RUBBER RAFT WITH DOG. RELAXING |
| 01:34:12 2052.67 |
GI TENDS TO THREE PUPPIES.
|
| 01:34:17 2057.67 |
CU GI WITH PET BLACK BIRD ON SHOULDER,
|
| 01:34:39 2079.67 |
VARIOUS VIEWS P-47 SQUADRONS IN FLIGHT: AERIAL VIEW
SQUADRON SECTION WITH ONE PLANE MISSING FLYING LOW OVER SEA ON WAY TO HOME BASE. |
| 01:34:59 2099.67 |
CU VIEW PILOT IN COCKPIT.
|
| 01:35:29 2129.67 |
AERIAL VIEW SQUADRON FLYING LOW OVER HOME BASE.
|
| 01:35:46 2146.67 |
VIEW OF RUNWAY AS SEEN BY PILOT AS HE COMES IN FOR
LANDING, FOLLOWED BY OTHERS. |
| 01:35:54 2154.67 |
VIEW SQUADRON PEELING UP TO REDUCE SPEED. CIRCLE
FIELD FOR BEFORE LANDING. |
| 01:36:11 2171.67 |
P-47 COMING IN FOR LANDING, FOLLOWED BY OTHERS
|
| 01:36:16 2176.67 |
CU LANDING GEAR AS IT HITS GROUND.
|
| 01:36:29 2189.67 |
GROUND CREW WATCHING.
|
| 01:37:02 2222.67 |
GROUND CREWMAN GESTURES WITH ARMS AS HIS PLANE COMES
IN FOR HARD LANDING. |
| 01:37:07 2227.67 |
PLANE LANDING HARD. GROUND CREW SHAKE HEAD AS PILOT
IS EMBARRASSED |
| 01:37:14 2234.67 |
COLONEL GETS OUT OF PLANE & CHECKS FLAK HOLES IN
RUDDER. |
| 01:37:19 2239.67 |
CU PILOTS HAVING COFFEE AND DOUGHNUTS. CHAT ABOUT
MISSION. |
| 01:37:52 2272.67 |
ANIMATED MAP SHOWS THAT EVERY ENEMY RAIL LINE WAS HIT
LEAVING ONLY THE ROADS FOR SUPPLY TO ENEMY |
| 01:38:15 2295.67 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES ROADS BEING STRAFED BY P-47
PLANES. POV PLANE-CAMERAS. |
| 01:38:29 2309.67 |
VIEW OF CAR RIDING ON ROAD BEING STRAFED.
|
| 01:38:59 2339.67 |
CU FACE OF PILOT AS SEEN BY CAMERA.
|
| 01:39:32 2372.67 |
VARIOUS VIEWS FRENCH & AMERICAN SQUADRONS ON WAY TO
MISSIONS. POV GROUND. |
| 01:39:57 2397.67 |
GIS WATCH P-47 GO UP IT FLAMES AFTER MISSED LANDING
STAY CLEAR OF EXPLODING AMMO. |
| 01:40:02 2402.67 |
BLACK SMOKE & FLAMES RISE FROM PLANE.
|
| 01:40:07 2407.67 |
GRAPHIC SCENE OF CHARRED BODY BEING PULLED FROM
FLAMES WITH GRAPPLING HOOKS. |
| 01:40:12 2412.67 |
GIS CARRY COVERED BODY ON STRETCHER.
|
| 01:41:07 2467.67 |
AERIAL VIEW CAR BEING STRAFED.
|
| 01:41:20 2480.67 |
ANIMATED MAP SHOWS ROPE TIGHTENING AROUND ITALY'S
MID-SECTION. |
| 01:41:38 2498.67 |
ALLIED JEEPS & TANKS IN ROME. CROWDS WAVING FROM
STREETS, BALCONIES. |
| 01:41:54 2514.67 |
VICTORIOUS GIS RIDING IN HORSE & BUGGY WITH GIRLS. GI
IN JEEP WEARING TOP HAT. |
| 01:42:09 2529.67 |
TANKS PASS BY DESTROYED ENEMY VEHICLES STREWN ALONG
ROADS. PAN VEHICLES |
| 01:42:31 2551.67 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS DESTROYED BRIDGES, TRAINS,
RAILROAD TRACKS, BUILDINGS |
| 01:43:09 2589.67 |
CU GRAPHIC VIEW DEAD GERMAN SOLDIER.
|
| 01:43:53 2633.67 |
CU SMILING GIS HOLD UP GLASSES FOR TOAST.
|
| 01:43:58 2638.67 |
GROUP OF GIS. ONE PLAYING ACCORDION WHILE THEY SING
"LITTLE BROWN JUG". }G |
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Year: 1945
Color: Color
Genre: WORLD WAR II
Specialty CollectionGenre: WORLD WAR II
Description: COLOR WWII FOOTAGE AS DIRECTED BY WILLIAM WYLER & JOHN STURGES. INTRODUCTION BY ACTOR JIMMY STEWART & NARRATED BY COMMANDING GENERAL CARL SPOTZ. DOCUMENTARY ON THE P-47 THUNDERBOLT FIGHTER BOMBER & ITS USE IN MISSIONS OVER EUROPE & PACIFIC THEATRE DURING WWII. USING PLANE-MOUNTED CAMERAS FLY WITH BOMBER PILOTS DURING "OPERATION STRANGLE" TO BOMB BRIDGES, STRAFE ENEMY SUPPLY TRAINS & BLAST MUNITIONS STOREHOUSES. SEE ITS ROLE IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN; BREAKING THE STRANGLEHOLD GERMAN TROOPS HAD ON ALLIED FORCES AT ANZIO AND CASSINO.
Keywords: bombardment
