Strafing Tactics 1943

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Full title reads: "STRAFING TACTICS".

Texas, United States of America (USA).

Various shots of the American fighter planes practising strafing on a model of a Nazi Freight train in the desert in Texas. They sweep low and use tracers for guides until they rip open an engine boiler.

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37943
Sort Number:
43/025
Time in/Out:
01:25:16:00 / 01:26:20:00
Canister:
43/25
Film ID:
1077.15
Issue Date:
29/03/1943

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