Hamburg Hammered (1943)

Full title reads: “HAMBURG HAMMERED“. Hamburg, Germany. Night shots of Flying Fortresses of the . (Royal Air Force) taking off from British base. Various shots of the aerial bombardment over Hamburg at night. Fires are seen - result of heavy air assault. Various air to air shots of American Air Force B. 17’s heading out and bombing Hamburg in daylight. The results of the British night raid still evident. Close up shots - still photographs taken from the air after the raids showing the size of the destruction. Various shots of the aerial bombing by night. (Mute & Track Negs.) 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 website.