Aircraft Firing Rockets (1945)

Unused / unissued material. American newsreel item. Title reads: “First films of US army’s new rocket planes!“ Location of events unknown. Various shots aeroplanes in flight firing rockets. Several shots explosions on ground. C/U burnt out tank with large hole is side. More shots planes firing rockets. One of aeroplanes looks like a Thunderbolt, some of the planes could be Typhoons. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé