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Rescuing Allied airmen

Film | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0943 | Film ID: 909

Project Gunn, Office of Strategic Services, Field Photographic Branch, Unit 24, 1944. Film Report: On a mission headed by Lt. Col Gunn during World War II to rescue by air Allied airmen in a POW camp southwest of Bucharest, Romania.

REEL 2: Scenes of downed fliers in POW camp. Men in hospitals getting ready for evacuation. Bomb damage to Ploesti oil fields. Ambulant and wounded POWs board B-17's.


Film Title
Project Gunn (Camera Report No 4, Unit 24D)
Duration
00:10:53
Date
Event:  1944
Production:  1944
Locale
Bucharest, Romania
Language
Silent
Genre/Form
Documentary.
Credit
Accessed at US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

About This Film

Contributor
Producer: Office of Strategic Services, Field Photographic Branch
Producer: United States. Office of Strategic Services.
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Mixed
Time Code
05:49:38:00 to 06:00:31:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 909 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 909 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Film Provenance
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 1994.
Copied From
35mm; b/w; composite
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy Database File: 1425
Source Archive Number: 226 C 6589 R2

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
No restrictions on use. Public Domain
Conditions on Use
To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain.
 
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