Dornier Do-217 Bomber Construction - 300305X | Footage Farm Ltd

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[WWII - 1940s, Germany: Aircraft - DO-217 Bomber Construction, Take Off & In Flight]
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01:00:28 MS Several civilian workers assembling ribs of DO-217 German Bomber fuselage; CU of worker in fuselage rib structures. Workers fill in space between ribs, then cover sections of fuselage w/ aluminum sheets.
01:02:10 CU of the DB-603 or DB-605 engine used in DO-217 aircraft; several views of engine standing inside hangars on a platform.
01;02:38 CU starboard side of half finished DO-217 w/ flaps & other sections still unfinished. CU of unfinished front, large glass filled nose & engine mounted in starboard wing. CU starboard uncovered engine nacelle; large air cooling ducts underneath each nacelle & part of wing. CU Large unfinished glass nose dissolves to finished aircraft nose & four blade propeller on starboard engine.
01:03:32 MCU & CU Finished DO-217 BK 1R towed out of hangar to runway This aircraft is a twin engine, monoplane, has short upper tapered wings w/ round tips on a long thin fuselage w/ large thick nose; twin fins & rudders set outboard of stabilizer. Good front & side views of aircraft on tarmac.
01:04:39 High Angle / HA LS as it taxiis onto open field, turns & takes off. Closer shot of take off.
01:05:59 DO-217-P in flight from top rear turret of another aircraft.
01:07:14 End.
WW2 German Aviation;
NOTE: Production began in late 1940 & retired in 1945 for this twin-engine, shoulder wing monoplane used as a high altitude bomber or reconnaissance plane powered by either DB-603 or DB-605 engines.
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