Neubiberg Air Force Base
- Film Title
- Rhein River-Dachau -- amateur
- Genre
- Amateur
- Duration
- 00:02:08
- Event Date
- 1948-1949?
- Locale
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Munich,
Germany
- Language
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Silent
- Genre/Form
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Amateur.
- Credit
- US Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Alexander Katlan
Neubiberg Air Force Base (9 km south of Munich). Pan (L to R) of truck trailer with "Camel Caravan to Berlin" painted on side, Fire Department, airport tower, sign "Field Elevation - 1800 ft", hangar. Small airplanes line grassy field. Airplane moves along runway, seen from inside plane with controls, view through windshield. Aerial views of war-damaged Germany. Return to AFB, planes on airfield.
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