Ploesti

Series

Series Name

The Gen

Issue

Issue No.

4

Date Released

1943

Length of issue (in feet)

1656

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ploesti
2. 2Its a Fact
3. 3In Passing
4. 4In Passing
5. 5Berlin
6. 6Hudson
7. 7Jungle Airfield
8. 8News Digest
9. 9News Digest
10. 10News Digest
11. 11News Digest
12. 12Greece

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 12

Summary

A survey of the policy of Bulgaria’s King Boris III towards Fascism (Bulgarian Premier Philoff visits Berchtesgaden; German mounted troops enter Sofia), with reference to Allied plans to bomb Romanian oil-fields. Emphasis given (pro-Russian) unrest in Bulgaria before Boris’ death. Liberators (based in Benghazi) prepare for raid on Ploesti: refineries ablaze.

Keywords

Aviation; Military

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

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