USMC 100460: "Army Air Force Weekly Digest, No. 42"

Description: Item Description Title USMC 100460: "Army Air Force Weekly Digest, No. 42" Citation information USMC 100460: "Army Air Force Weekly Digest, No. 42". United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no BY Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 Additional identifiers USMC 100460 MIRC inventory no. USMC 100460; Decade 1940 Date 1944 Description First Army Air Force Weekly Digest, No. 42. Not prepared for public display as reel marked "Restricted." Contains campaign updates for air raids by the 1st and 12th Army Air Force Combat Camera Units against German supply and communication lines south of Florence, Italy in 1944. This includes aerial footage of unintercepted bomb runs on Siena and Leghorn (April 11), Poggibonsi (April 22), Incisa and Porto San Stefano (May 12). These air attacks by B-26 Marauders and Supermarine Spitfighters targeted bridges, viaducts, railway yards and harbors. Film also depicts an update on the Shingles Operation near Cappedichino including a meeting with the Headquarters Squadron 79th Fighter Group and pilots' reports to an intelligence officer after combat while providing cover for the land assault by landing naval forces at Anzio and Neptuno. Also depicts the bombing of German Headquarters in Italy (May 12) by B-17s and P-38s, a crash landing and medical removal of a radio operator, as well as attacks against German occupied training bases in Chartres, France (March 28), hangars and workshops in Diest, Belgium (April) and factories and freight yards in Warnemunde, Germany (April). The Army Air Force faced weak or no air resistance and limited anti-aircraft fire at each location noted above. Location(s) Siena (Italy); Diest (Belgium) ; Poggibonsi (Italy); Incisa in Valdarno (Italy); Chartres (France); Warnemunde, Rostock (Germany) Camera crew United States Army Air Corps; 9th Combat Camera Unit; 10th Combat Camera Unit; 11th Combat Camera Unit Producing entity United States. Army Air Forces. Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed throughout the first half of 1944. Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color B&W Original audio Sound Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Positive Original physical length 780 Original aspect ratio 1.37:1 (Academy) Original media type Motion pictures (visual works) Language English Contributing organization University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections Digital collection name United States Marine Corps Films Rights information Public Domain. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. Digital media type Moving Image Date digital file created 06/04/2018 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 22:07 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II