AIR WAR IN EUROPE
1943 · National Archives and Records Administration (via FedFlix)
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The record names a federal body as the creating agency: War Department. Army Air Forces. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act).
The record names a federal body as the creating agency. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act). This says nothing about copyright outside the United States, or about music, stock footage or other material the film may incorporate.
- Creating body, as recorded
- War Department. Army Air Forces
- National Archives Identifier
- 2870 (local identifier 18-C-406-2)
- Internet Archive item
- gov.archives.arc.2870 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
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National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 2870 / Local Identifier 18-C-406-2 - AIR WAR IN EUROPE - War Department. Army Air Forces. (06/20/1941 - 09/26/1947). Reports various aerial activities. Part 1 shows the B-17, "Berlin Sleeper," in flight. Part 2, the 321st Bombardment Group moves planes and equipment in muddy North Africa. Part 3, P-47's escort a bombing mission over Germany and battle enemy fighters. Part 4, B-26's bomb LeTrait, France. Part 5, a B-17 crashes in the English Channel. Part 6, B-17's brave German fighters and flak and bomb Wilhelmshaven. Part 7, reinforcements unload at Salerno beachhead. Part 8, B-25's bomb Salerno Road. Part 9 shows work on a base for P-38's in Italy. Part 10, a B-25 crash lands at a base. Part 11, oil fields and railroad yards in Ploesti, Romania, are bombed and strafed. -