Dresden Bombed To Atoms 1945

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Full title reads: "DRESDEN BOMBED TO ATOMS".

Dresden, Germany.

Several shots of formation of Lancaster planes in flight. Close up shot of propellor of Lancaster spinning while plane is in flight. Aerial night shots of bombs bursting, incendiary fires and antiaircraft fire during bombing...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39819
Sort Number:
45/016
Time in/Out:
01:38:16:00 / 01:39:48:00
Canister:
45/16
Film ID:
1147.17
Issue Date:
22/02/1945

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