Conquest By Air
1945
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This film comes from the Army's "Combat Film Report" program. Reel 1 shows a flashback of French troops storming German trenches during World War I; B-26's, B-17's, and P-38's in the air and bombs falling on Rouen, France, on Aug. 17, 1942; unescorted B-17's over Schweinfurt, Germany, under heavy attack by FW-190's; Gen. Eisenhower and his aides conferring; the unloading of dead and wounded from B-17's returned from the Schweinfurt raid; panoramic views of ruined Schweinfurt on Aug. 20, 1943; P-47's and P-51's in the air; bombs falling on German aircraft plants; and Folk-Wulfs on an assembly line in Germany.
Reel 2 shows Allied officers conferring prior to the Normandy invasion, B-24's raiding Romania's Ploesti oil fields, gun-camera footage recording dogfights and the strafing of grounded German planes, Gen. Marshall conferring with British officers, Allied troops landing in Normandy and advancing in the Ardennes Forest, bombs falling on German tank factories, and the ruins of a factory in Bomark.
Reel 3 shows U.S. and British officers conferring, bombing Berlin and Bremen, ruins in Germany, bombing transportation and communication centers, and an atom bomb test. You can also watch this video in our main National Archives online catalog.
Reel 2 shows Allied officers conferring prior to the Normandy invasion, B-24's raiding Romania's Ploesti oil fields, gun-camera footage recording dogfights and the strafing of grounded German planes, Gen. Marshall conferring with British officers, Allied troops landing in Normandy and advancing in the Ardennes Forest, bombs falling on German tank factories, and the ruins of a factory in Bomark.
Reel 3 shows U.S. and British officers conferring, bombing Berlin and Bremen, ruins in Germany, bombing transportation and communication centers, and an atom bomb test. You can also watch this video in our main National Archives online catalog.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Army Air Forces.
National Archives Identifier: 2894
Full Citation: Motion Picture 18-C-506; Conquest By Air; 1945; Motion Picture Films from the "Combat Film Report" Program Series, 1942 - 1945; Records of the Army Air Forces, Record Group 18; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/conquest-by-air, April 26, 2024]Rights: Copyright Not Evaluated Learn more on our privacy and legal page.