Title:US AIR FORCE FIRE POWER DEMONSTRATION IN SUPPORT OF THE 2ND US ARMOURED DIVISION AT CAMP BAUMHOLDER, GERMANY, 24 APRIL 1954 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NAT 1444
Other titles:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:A contingent of US troops watch the demonstration, which begins with six B-26 bombers from the 38th Light Bomber Wing, USAF (stationed at Laon, France) dropping 250 pound HE bombs from 4000ft - 5000ft. The bombers also drop napalm. Two F-86 jet fighter bombers of the 86th Fighter Bomber Wing (12th USAF, stationed at Landstuhl, Germany) make a bombing run, dropping napalm. B-26 and F-86 aircraft make further runs. Extra scenes show smoke rising from battlefield and tanks moving across open ground, as bombs burst around them.
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Alternative Title:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
