Latest Combat Pictures 1944

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Item title reads - Latest combat pictures. U.S.A.A.F. (United States Army Air Force).

Aerial shots as Americans bomb train on bridge. Aerial pictures of German aircraft, including a jet, being shot out of the skies, bursting into flames and crashing during fight with Americans.

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44805
Sort Number:
44/090
Time in/Out:
01:16:26:00 / 01:17:39:00
Canister:
44/90
Film ID:
1368.07
Issue Date:
09/11/1944

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