VE Day in London; Airplanes in formation

Identifier
irn1001760
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.620.1
  • RG-60.2202
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • West (Camera Operator)
  • King (Camera Operator)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • United States. Army Air Forces. Combat Camera Unit, 3rd. (Producer)
  • United States. Army Air Forces. Combat Camera Unit, 4th. (Producer)

Scope and Content

(18 SFP 9490) May 9, 1945. LS of Westminster Abbey. Big Ben. Pedestrian traffic. Crowds. Women dancing on street. People carrying flags. Parade. Couples dancing on square. Megaphone. Crowd surrounding Buckingham Palace, Queen Mother and King on balcony. Billboards in Piccadilly Circus, shop signs, traffic, crowds line streets. Buses squeeze through people. Burning hangar. 01:34:44 (18 SFP 9491) March 1945. Planes flying in formation of six. CU, sides of planes "A-YU." CU of pilot in plane cabin.

Subjects

  • AIR FORCE (BRITISH)
  • ENGLAND
  • WOMEN
  • KINGS
  • FLAGS
  • SIGNS/POSTERS
  • AIRPLANES
  • STREETS
  • DANCING
  • LIBERATION

Places

  • London, England

Genre

  • Unedited.
  • Film
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