Summary

HUNTERS IN THE SKY - H-HOUR of D-Day

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: HUNTERS IN THE SKY - H-HOUR of D-Day
File Number: TAP-8C Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Documentary
Year: 01/01/1944
Subjects: Aerials, WWII, aircraft, airplanes
Description: 01:00:35:29 - 01:19:52:08 B W Sound 1944 WWII aviation VO narration by fighter pilot B-25s bombing Cape Gloucester, Solomon Islands pilot briefing B-17s with P-51 escort P-47s & P-51s taking off from field German pilots scramble for Messerschmitts German-American dogfights VS United States, American, Allied Forces, aircraft, soldiers, Paratroopers, Airborne Infantry, pilots, ships, preparing & participating in D-Day, soldiers shot on shore at D-Day landing, B-26 Marauders bombing targets, B-17 Flying Fortress General Larson speech 01:00:35:29 - 01:03:56:16 B W Sound 1944 VS AVs of B-25s (Mitchell, a twin-engine bomber), some w painted noses, in single file formation, in loose groups, Good pan of two B-25s, bombs from airplane dropping in water over shoreline, Cape Gloucester, Solomon Islands Good AV bombs exploding on ground More bombs falling on coastline area Good close clusters of explosions VS B-25s flying overhead, below, next to camera (w painted noses) VS machine gun firing (strafing), from cockpit, Great AV next to B-25 w machine gun firing, low strafing runs over island vegetation, run w bombs dropped, B-25 in flight B-26 Marauder bombings, 01:04:00:02 - 01:07:38:16 B W Sound 1944 US Air force briefing VS pilots sitting classroom style, officer w pointer on smaller map positioned in front of larger map, Good CU of pilot watching, listening, CU row of pilots VS synchronizing watches, officer on stage, pilots in audience Pilots leave briefing VS pilots, putting on head gear, getting into cockpit VS airplanes starting, propellers turning VS airplanes taxiing, airplane taking off, P-51 airplane (w white nose cone), P-47 Thunderbolt labeled Rat Racer, field of airplanes, P-47 & P-51), taxiing P-51 Ding Hao! w multiple Rising Suns kill markers Man fires flare gun VS airplanes taking off, in flight Good P-47s flying in formation behind group of B-17 Bombers (Flying Fortress) P-51 flying alone, CU of two machine gun ports on wing VS pilot in practice w machine guns, gunnery runs, interior of cockpit, target on practice field, pilot in Jeep w other soldiers waves hat 01:07:39:24 - 01:10:32:17 B W Sound 1944 More P-47s flying in formation behind group of B-17 Bombers (Flying Fortress) German Air Raid siren German pilots running for Messerschmitt airplanes (ME-110s), getting into cockpits, cranking airplanes, taxiing, taking off, in flight Silhouettes of B-17s in flight VS dogfight w US and German airplanes, P-51 machine guns firing, one German plane hit, falls out of formation More machine guns, German airplane explodes w white smoke VS interior of side gunner shooting from B-17 P-51 (other wing) machine gun firing, German airplane wing explodes, spins Rear attack on airplane, machine gun bullets, airplane explodes at camera FW-190 in flight ME-109 exploding 01:10:37:17 - 01:14:05:26 B W Sound June 5, 1944 June 5, 1944 Rural road w horse & trees, airplane taxiing slowly on runway in BG Ships & small craft on water on English coast VS US American, Allied Forces: soldiers walking on base road, convoy of equipment, trucks, soldiers boarding Higgins Boat, soldiers loading bulldozer & truck into large transport Higgins boat full of soldiers VS Airborne Infantry, Paratroopers walking, boarding airplanes VS transport & glider airplanes on field (all w white identification flashes used by Allied aircraft in the D-Day invasion of Europe), taxiing, flying in formation More ships & small craft on sea (British & American) Paratroopers, Airborne Infantry jumping out of aircraft, parachutes in silhouette below airplanes Warship assault on land 01:14:08:19 - 01:19:18:01 B W Sound 1944 Warship assault on land, one exploding target VS heavy artillery firing on water targets VS B-25s bombing land targets: heavy grouping of bombs exploding GREAT famous shot of Infantry in Higgins Boat landing on shore (D-Day), soldiers being shot on shore VS machine gun from airplanes, gunning one antiaircraft tower, hitting moving train, engine on fire, hitting rear of Messerschmitt, tail on fire Good VS B-26 Marauder Bomber airplanes (white identification flashes) bombing in clusters, bombs dropping from bomb bay, bombs taking out bridge, roads B-26s, B-17s in flight Allied Forces in air & at sea 01:19:19:07 - 01:19:52:08 B W Sound 1944 General Larson gives short speech about combat Seated at desk w 3 coming out of a circle, star off center circle, insignia behind him on wall
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