THE MEMPHIS BELLE. Multicolor illustrated print with a red border, advertising the film "The Memphis Belle." A large illustration of a gunner firing a machine gun from his plane occupies the upper half of the poster. Bombs fall below and planes fly overhead. Partial text: title in white and yellow sans-serif lettering with a black shadow: "THE MEMPHIS BELLE." Below in yellow script lettering with a black outline: "in Technicolor." At top in red script: "Fly and Fight with the Crew on an Actual Bombing Mission Over Germany!" Additional text in a small yellow box near the lower left, "Just one plane… and one crew. In one squadron. In one group. Of one wing. Of one air force. Out of fifteen-United States Army Air Forces." At bottom: "Photographed by U.S. 8th Air Force photographers and combat crew members.....in cooperation with Army Air Forces first motion picture unit for office of war information." Created by Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Date Created 03/08/2022 Source Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Keywords Art; Aviation; Commercial Rights and Restrictions Not determined
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