Strafing; VE Day in London

Identifier
irn1001759
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.620.1
  • RG-60.2201
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Jackson (Camera Operator)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • Johnson (Camera Operator)
  • United States. Army Air Forces. (Producer)

Scope and Content

Aerial shots of GSAP strafing town, vehicles on road, trains (pilots' names indicated on cameraman's slates). Dive bombing marshalling yard. 01:20:26 CU of Winston Churchill, the King, Allan Brooke, etc. Large crowd behind the gate leading to Buckingham Palace. Square filled with people. More GSAP strafing targets.

Note(s)

  • Cameraman's dope sheet available in departmental files.

Subjects

  • AIRPLANES
  • CROWDS
  • ENGLAND
  • LIBERATION
  • AIR FORCE (BRITISH)
  • MILITARY VEHICLES
  • CHURCHILL, WINSTON
  • TRAINS
  • KINGS
  • GATES
  • TOWNS
  • STRAFING

Places

  • London, England

Genre

  • Unedited.
  • Film
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