Description
Ploesti Raid
Reel 7: Ploesti Raid-Section VI Conclusion.
Conclusion of briefing of U.S. Army Air Force crews for “Operation Tidal Wave”, the mission to bomb the oil refineries at and near Ploesti (Ploiesti), Romania, August 1, 1943.
Aerial view of oil fields, oil derricks, and refineries in Romania. Russian troops leading German prisoners in Stalingrad. German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and other Nazi officers examine a chart in Africa. Axis prisoners being taken at El Alamein. German planes in flight. Nazi officials aboard a railroad car. Nazi officer meets other officers on field. U.S. planes of Doolittle Raid loaded with bombs and taking off for Tokyo air raids from USS Hornet in April 1942. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt addresses Congress declaring, “We believe the Nazis and the Fascists have asked for it; and they’re going to get it.” Smoke billows up from burning oil fields.
Runtime: 00:02:32
Sound: yes
File: high definition 1920×1080/24p ProRes422.
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