Train Busters (1943)

Directed by

Sydney Newman

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

13 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short film shows how the Royal Canadian Air Force bombed enemy trains in Europe during World War Two. It explains the night missions and the close air support that targeted German supply lines.

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What happens

Train Busters (aka R.C.A.F. Train-Busters; its alternate French language version was known as La guerre des airs) is a 13-minute 1943 Canadian documentary film, directed by Sydney Newman. The film was made by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Overseas Film Unit and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as part of the NFB's Canada Carries On series. Train Busters depicts the Allied night-bombing campaign over German-occupied Europe that was complemented by close air support missions flown by the RCAF targeting enemy trains. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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