1945WORLD WAR II
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.
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.
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CU AIR FORCE ARM PATCH INSIGNIA.
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PAN TO CAMERAS MOUNTED BEHIND PILOT SEATED IN P-47.
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CU CAMERAS UNDER WING, IN THE WHEEL WELL, IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL
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ACTOR JIMMY STEWART SITS AT DESK. READS TELEGRAM FROM GENERAL SPOTZ
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ITALY. AERIAL ITALIAN VILLAGES: PEOPLE RIDING DONKEYS, CARRYING WASH ON THEIR HEADS, RIDING CARTS.
BOMBED-OUT STRUCTURES, RUBBLE |
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MOTHER WITH CHILD SEATED AT ROAD'S EDGE. CHILD PLAYING IN RUBBLE COMES UPON DECAYED BODY
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AERIAL VIEW OF REMOTE ITALY AS SEEN BY PILOT.
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AERIAL PAN MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE.
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VARIOUS AERIALS OF DESTROYED RAILROAD YARDS & ROADS IN ITALY. MOUNTAIN VILLAGES
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MAP OF ITALY WITH ISLAND OF CORSICA JUST NORTH OF SARDINIA
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AERIAL VIEW FRENCH-OWNED RUGGED, PRIMITIVE ISLAND OF CORSICA
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SMALL CONCRETE BUILDING, "BAR NAPOLEON".
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VARIOUS VILLAGE STREET SCENES OF CORSICA. CROSSES MARK GRAVES OF GERMANS LEFT BY WAYSIDE WHERE THEY FELL WHEN FRENCH LIBERATED CORSICA IN 1943.
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GI CLIMBS WATCH TOWER NEAR ALTO AIR BASE.
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GROUND CREW TURN AIRPLANE PROPS BY HAND TO LOOSEN IT BEFORE MISSION. TRACTOR PULLS RACKS OF BOMBS. CREWMEN PREPARE PLANES.
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PILOT ASLEEP IN BED IN TENT AWAKENS & GETS DRESSED.
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CU GI CHECKS FOR PIMPLES ON HIS FACE WITH SMALL HAND-
HELD MIRROR. |
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GI FILLS HELMET WITH WATER FROM CAN BEFORE USING IT TO WASH HIMSELF.
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GI OUTSIDE TENT PUTS ON HIS PANTS.
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CU GI WASHES FACE FROM HELMET.
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SHIRTLESS GI COMBS HAIR.
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CU GI SHAVING. OTHERS WIPING FACE, COMBING HAIR.
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MONTAGE SHIRTLESS GIS BRUSHING TEETH OUTSIDE TENTS.
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CU SHIRTLESS 22 YEAR OLD MAJOR "SPANKY" MANDA, SQUADRON OPERATIONS OFFICER, VIGOROUSLY BRUSHES TEETH.
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SHIRTLESS FLIGHT LEADER CAPTAIN HOWARD HICKCOCK COMBS HAIR AT MAKESHIFT MIRROR
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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. |
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AERIAL VIEW ALTO AIRBASE
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AERIAL ZOOM IN RUNWAY.
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TWO GIS IN HIGH WATCH TOWER.
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AMERICAN & FRENCH FLAGS FLY OVER BASE.
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CU GROUP COMMANDER LT. COL. ARCHIE J. KNIGHT, WITH PIPE IN MOUTH
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PILOTS WALK INTO BRIEFING TENT. PICK UP INSTRUCTION KITS & ENEMY MONEY
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CU SERIOUS FACED PILOTS LISTEN TO BRIEFING
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MAP SHOWS WHERE ALLIED FORCES, INCLUDING ANZIO BEACHHEAD & CASSINO, WERE STOPPED FOR FIVE MONTHS ALONG THE "GUSTAV LINE".
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AERIAL VIEW OF ABBEY ON MOUNT CASSINO WHERE BOMBING DIDN'T WORK.
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LT GENERAL HARRIS B. ACKER CLIMBING INTO COCKPIT OF PLANE
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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.
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AERIAL VIEW BRIDGES IN ITALY, SOME BOMBED OUT
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VARIOUS SCENES P-47 THUNDERBOLT.
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VARIOUS SCENES P-47 SQUADRON LINED UP AT RUNWAY
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GROUND CREW WASHES WINDOW ON P-47. OTHERS LOOK OVER PLANES TO PREPARE THEM FOR FLIGHT.
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PILOT CARRIES PARACHUTE & GEAR TO PLANE. CLIMBS INTO COCKPIT WITH ASSISTANT OF GROUND CREWMAN.
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GIL WYMAN WHO FLIPS HIS INTO COCKPIT BEFORE CLIMBING ONTO PLANE WITH GEAR
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PILOT MAJOR RICHARD HUNTSINGER HANDS HIS PARACHUTE &
GEAR TO CREWMAN ON WING BEFORE CLIMBING UP & INTO COCKPIT. PLANE HAS WHEEL EMBLEM ON RUDDER. |
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CU VARIOUS SCENES PILOTS IN COCKPITS TALKING TO THEIR CREW CHIEFS
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PILOT DONS HIS PILOT HAT WITH GOGGLES
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PILOTS & CREW CHIEFS ARE SILENT FOR FIVE MINUTES.
RELAX, SETTLE DOWN, & COLLECT THEIR THOUGHTS BEFORE STARTING ENGINES. |
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CU SERIOUS FACED PILOT IN DEEP THOUGHT
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CU PROPELLOR REVS UP. ENGINE SPUTTERS
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CU LOGO ON COWLING.
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CU SPINNING PROP.
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PILOT HANDS CREW CHIEF HALF-FINISHED CIGAR. CREW CHIEF LOOKS AT CIGAR BEFUDDLED.
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LONG LINE OF P-47 THUNDERBOLTS SIDE BY SIDE WITH ENGINES REVVING UP. PREPARE TO TAKE OFF.
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CU BELLY TANKS, ROCKETS & MACHINE GUNS ON WINGS
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COMMANDER ON PHONE GIVES PERMISSION FOR TAKE OFF.
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TWO P-47 PLANES TAXI ON RUNWAY
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PILOT POV OF SPEEDING RUNWAY POV PILOT.
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ENTIRE SQUADRON AIRBORNE. HORSE IN PASTURE AS P-47s FLY OVERHEAD AFTER TAKE-OFF.
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AERIAL VIEW SQUADRON FLYING OVER COAST OF CORSICA &
THEN OUT TO SEA. |
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POV PLANE FLYING ABOVE.
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AERIAL VIEW GROUP OF FOUR P-47s FLYING SIDE BY SIDE OVER SEA ABOVE VIEW FAST MOVING SEA
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AERIAL VIEW LANDMARK CASTLE ON HILL AS SQUADRON ARRIVES IN ITALY
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AERIAL VIEW MOUNTAINS AS SEEN BY WING CAMERAS.
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VARIOUS ANGLE VIEWS PLANES FLYING FORMATION IN GROUPS OF FOUR, WING TIP TO WING TIP.
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FRONT VIEW FORMATION TOWARDS CAMERA, MOUNTAINS IN BKGD.
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ALL PLANES FOLLOW SQUADRON LEADER. PLANES CLIMB INTO CLOUDS.
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AERIAL VIEW OF GROUND LOOKING FOR TARGET.
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FORMATION SPREADS OUT.
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AERIAL VIEW ROAD BELOW IS CHECKPOINT TO TARGET.
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AERIAL VIEW TARGET BRIDGE.
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PLANES GO INTO "LOOSE STRING FORMATION": ONE PLANE BEHIND THE OTHER. PLANE PEELS OFF & DIVES TO ATTACK WHILE REST OF SQUADRON FOLLOWS.
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PLANE CAMERAS SHOW VARIOUS DIRECT HITS & MISSES BY DIVING PLANES.
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CU BOMB DROPPING FROM WING.
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CU VIEW PILOT AS HE BLACKS OUT TEMPORARILY FROM THE DIVE.
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AERIAL VIEW OF BRIDGE BEING HIT & MISSED BY BOMBS AS SECTION AFTER SECTION OF SQUADRON ATTACKS.
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AERIAL VIEWS STRAFING OF TARGETS WITH MACHINE GUN FIRE.
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GROUP OF FOUR PLANES PEEL OFF FOR STRAFING ATTACKS AFTER RUNNING OUT OF BOMBS. PLANES PROWL FOR TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY.
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MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS HERDS OF CATTLE & HORSES RUNNING AS PLANES FLY LOW.
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CU AERIAL PLANE FOLLOWS RAILROAD TRACKS BELOW
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VARIOUS SCENES TRAIN BEING STRAFED AS SEEN THROUGH WING CAMERAS.
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TANK CARS & BOX CARS BIENG STRAFED CAUSES HUGE SECONDARY EXPLOSION ON TRAIN.
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AERIAL STRAFING OF LIGHTHOUSE & RADIO STATION.
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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. |
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VEHICLE EXPLODES AFTER BEING HIT.
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| 01:29:07 1747.67 |
SQUADRON TAKING OFF AT ALTO AIRFIELD
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SCENES OF PILOTS LEISURE: GROUP OF PILOTS CROWD INTO LARGE JEEP FOR TRIP T TOWN.
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GROUP PLAYING DICE.
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CU GI TAKING SHOWER OUTSIDE TENT.
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GI WASHING CLOTHES OUTSIDE TENT. CLOTHES LINE FULL OF LAUNDRY DRYING IN SUN.
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PAN PUMP WITH HOSE LEADING TO HOT WATER CAN & 50 GALLON DRUM COMBINE TO MAKE HOMEMADE WASHING MACHINE
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SHIRTLESS GI BARBER CUTS HAIR OF GI IN OUTDOOR BARBER SHOP.
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CU SIGN "JERRY'S CLIP JOINT"
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GI SITS IN SHADE READING NEWSPAPER.
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CROWD OF GIS HITCH RIDE ON HUGH FLAT BED ARMY TRUCK.
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GI WATCHES BUDDY PRACTICE WITH YO-YOs.
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CU GI DOING FANCY TRICKS WITH YO-YO TOWARDS CAMERA.
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GI WITH CIGAR IN MOUTH BOBS HEAD AS HE TRIES TO WATCH EACH YO-YO IN MOTION.
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VARIOUS VIEWS GIS BUILDING SMALL SHACKS FOR LIVING.
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LARGE HOUSE ALONG BEACH AS BEACH CLUB.
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GIS ENJOY SWIMMING & WATER SPORTS, FROLIC ON HOMEMADE RAFT. GIS RUN INTO SURF CARRYING RUBBER RAFTS.
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CU TWO GIS PLACE SMALL DOGS IN WATER & WATCH THEM RACE FOR SHORE.
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GIS ENJOYS RIDING IN SMALL SAILBOAT MADE FROM SING TANK WITH PARACHUTES FOR SAILS.
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| 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.
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GIS PLAY CATCH WITH BASEBALL & GLOVES OUTSIDE "COUNTRY CLUB" BUILDING THEY BUILT.
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CU 2 GIs PLAYING CHECKERS OUTSIDE TENTS.
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TWO LAYING SUNNING AT BEACH.
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CU VARIOUS VIEWS GIS WRITING LETTER HOME, READING NEWSPAPERS, SLEEPING WITH DOG, IN RUBBER RAFT WITH DOG. RELAXING
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GI TENDS TO THREE PUPPIES.
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CU GI WITH PET BLACK BIRD ON SHOULDER,
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VARIOUS VIEWS P-47 SQUADRONS IN FLIGHT: AERIAL VIEW SQUADRON SECTION WITH ONE PLANE MISSING FLYING LOW OVER SEA ON WAY TO HOME BASE.
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CU VIEW PILOT IN COCKPIT.
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AERIAL VIEW SQUADRON FLYING LOW OVER HOME BASE.
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VIEW OF RUNWAY AS SEEN BY PILOT AS HE COMES IN FOR LANDING, FOLLOWED BY OTHERS.
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VIEW SQUADRON PEELING UP TO REDUCE SPEED. CIRCLE FIELD FOR BEFORE LANDING.
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P-47 COMING IN FOR LANDING, FOLLOWED BY OTHERS
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CU LANDING GEAR AS IT HITS GROUND.
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GROUND CREW WATCHING.
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GROUND CREWMAN GESTURES WITH ARMS AS HIS PLANE COMES IN FOR HARD LANDING.
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PLANE LANDING HARD. GROUND CREW SHAKE HEAD AS PILOT
IS EMBARRASSED |
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COLONEL GETS OUT OF PLANE & CHECKS FLAK HOLES IN RUDDER.
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| 01:37:19 2239.67 |
CU PILOTS HAVING COFFEE AND DOUGHNUTS. CHAT ABOUT MISSION.
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ANIMATED MAP SHOWS THAT EVERY ENEMY RAIL LINE WAS HIT LEAVING ONLY THE ROADS FOR SUPPLY TO ENEMY
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MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES ROADS BEING STRAFED BY P-47 PLANES. POV PLANE-CAMERAS.
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VIEW OF CAR RIDING ON ROAD BEING STRAFED.
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CU FACE OF PILOT AS SEEN BY CAMERA.
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VARIOUS VIEWS FRENCH & AMERICAN SQUADRONS ON WAY TO MISSIONS. POV GROUND.
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GIS WATCH P-47 GO UP IT FLAMES AFTER MISSED LANDING STAY CLEAR OF EXPLODING AMMO.
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BLACK SMOKE & FLAMES RISE FROM PLANE.
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GRAPHIC SCENE OF CHARRED BODY BEING PULLED FROM FLAMES WITH GRAPPLING HOOKS.
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GIS CARRY COVERED BODY ON STRETCHER.
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AERIAL VIEW CAR BEING STRAFED.
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ANIMATED MAP SHOWS ROPE TIGHTENING AROUND ITALY'S MID-SECTION.
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ALLIED JEEPS & TANKS IN ROME. CROWDS WAVING FROM STREETS, BALCONIES.
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VICTORIOUS GIS RIDING IN HORSE & BUGGY WITH GIRLS. GI IN JEEP WEARING TOP HAT.
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TANKS PASS BY DESTROYED ENEMY VEHICLES STREWN ALONG ROADS. PAN VEHICLES
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MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS DESTROYED BRIDGES, TRAINS, RAILROAD TRACKS, BUILDINGS
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CU GRAPHIC VIEW DEAD GERMAN SOLDIER.
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CU SMILING GIS HOLD UP GLASSES FOR TOAST.
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GROUP OF GIS. ONE PLAYING ACCORDION WHILE THEY SING "LITTLE BROWN JUG".
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