This short WWII Army Pictorial Service film, “RAF & 8th Air Force Report from Britain” was made to raise money for the 5th War Loan. It begins with a segment about the USAAF 8th Air Force and the Royal Air Force campaigning with combined action. The film begins with shots of Free French Air Force pilots flying Douglas A-20 Havocs aka Bostons for the RAF, making a low-level run across the English Channel to bomb German factories. At 2:40, the shadow of an A-20 medium bomber skims the hedgerows. At 2:55, heavy bombers are shown over Germany, including Superfortresses and Liberators. At 3:19, captured German films show destroyed Allied aircraft and other wreckage, including a B-17 that made a forced landing in a field. At 4:18, German workers are shown salvaging aluminum and other parts for recycling and re-use as scrap metal for the German war effort. At 4:54, heavy bombers strike another German city. At 5:00, scenes from the Pacific, showing Cape Gloucester and the 7th Marines engaged in a tough battle against Japanese forces. At 6:00, Marines march through the mud. At 6:21, shell shocked Marines with a thousand mile stare look at the cameraman, a clear sign of PTSD. The film ends with words from General Eisenhower at 7:04, emphasizes the cost of war on men and equipment. Produced by the Signal Corps in 1944.
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