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Royal Norwegian Air Force transport command to India, circa 1944

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Title
Royal Norwegian Air Force transport command to India, circa 1944
Identifier
2022013_18
Date
1944
Description
Footage includes many aerial views of plane journeys over North America, South America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Flight from Montreal, Canada to Allahabad, India delivering a Liberator bomber with a Norwegian crew. Video is available online here.
Funding for digitization provided to NAHA by the Sons of Norway Foundation.
Extent
01:09:34
Format
Independent films
Rights
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Table Of Contents
00:00:00 Opens with map background with title “Luftforsvaret presenterer” [“The Air Force presents”], then “Levering av H.K. 356” [“Delivery of H.K. 356”], then “Fotografert og montert av Campbell Norsgaard” [“Photographed and put together by Campbell Norsgaard”].

00:00:18 Flags flying above buildings. Man teaching in front of soldiers using maps.

00:01:30 People exiting building and getting into car. Planes sitting on the runway covered in snow. People gather around the plane. Plane taking off on runway.

00:03:02 Map showing path over North America.

00:03:09 Close up of pilot flying. Propellers out of the window of the plane, shots of the control panel. Men flying plane. Aerial views of landscape. Shots of plane landing.

00:03:54 Sign on building: “Florence C.C.T.S. Flight Operations Weather Station''. People walking around plane on the runway. Men loading luggage into the plane. Views from a plane driving on runway and taking off. Aerial views of landscape and plane wings. Plane landing. Man exiting plane. Men in open-top vehicle on the runway.

00:06:13 Map showing path over “Karabiske Hav” [“Caribbean Ocean”]. Aerial views of islands and sky. Pilot flying plane. Aerial views of mountain landscapes.

00:07:29 Map showing path over Trinidad. More aerial views. Men exiting a plane, standing on the runway.

00:07:50 Men fixing up planes, unloading baggage.

00:08:10 Map of path over Brazil. Aerial landscape and ocean views. Pilot flying plane. Views of rivers below clouds. More views of clouds and coast. Plane landing.

00:09:21 Men running towards the plane. Plane on runway, taking off. Aerial landscape views. Pilots flying plane.

00:10:36 Map of path over Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe. Aerial landscape views. Plane lands.

00:10:55 Men standing on the wing of a plane. Men unloading plane.

00:11:09 Map showing path to Brazil. Views from a plane taking off on runway. Aerial views of the coast. Views of clouds, ocean, and plane wings. Pilot looking through instrument. Shots of control panel and propellers. Man eating by plane window. Views of plane and clouds.

00:12:48 Map of Ascension Island. Aerial views of land and clouds. Plane landing.

00:13:27 Men shaking hands on the runway. Entering a building with “RAF” sign on outside. Men riding down roads in the forest. Views of landscape.

00:14:13 Map showing path from Ascension island to Ghana. Aerial views of mountains. Shots of propeller and control panel. Men flying plane. Views of propeller, ocean, clouds, coast, and city.

00:16:00 Map over Ghana. People gathered around the plane. Close ups of people talking.

00:16:45 People cutting grass in a field with scythes. People making music with traditional Ghanian instruments. Large groups of people talking on the beach.

00:17:34 Group of children pulling on a long rope. People carrying water containers on their heads. People on the beach.

00:17:54 Aerial views of the city.

00:17:58 Map showing path over Nigeria. Aerial views of landscape.

00:18:21 Map of Nigeria. Aerial views of landscape. Pilot flying plane.

00:18:46 Map of Nigeria. Aerial views of the runway and landscape. Plane landing. Men talking by plane on the runway. People carrying baskets on their heads. Soldiers walking down the road. People walking with camel, riding horses, shot of landscape.

00:19:46 Map showing path over Sudan. Views of sunset and mountains, pilot. Aerial views of land, including cities and rivers. Plane landing.

00:20:41 Men eating on the runway.

00:20:59 Men sitting in chairs in the field.

00:21:05 Map showing path over Arabia. Aerial views of the sunset, landscape, coast, and mountains. Shots of the control panel. Plane landing.

00:22:09 Men standing around the plane, getting baggage out of the plane. Men walking on the runway and entering the toilet.

00:22:34 Map showing path over India. Shots of propellers. Views of clouds and propellers in the sky. Pilot flying plane. Aerial views of landscape.

00:23:25 Map over Pakistan. Aerial views of landscape and city.

00:23:39 Views from plane landing. Plane sitting on runway. Propellor starting up again. Aerial views of landscape and towns. Men sitting in the cockpit.

00:25:06 Map over India. Aerial views of landscape and towns. Views of plane landing. Men exiting plane and standing on the runway. Man pointing camera at other man. Silhouette of plane against sunset.

00:27:34 Map background with text: “Slutt” [“The end”].

00:27:40 Black screen.

01:09:34 Film ends.
Bibliographic Citation
[Indicate the cited item here]. Campbell Norsgaard Collection. Norwegian-American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.
Has Format
MP4

Citation

Norsgaard, Campbell, “Royal Norwegian Air Force transport command to India, circa 1944,” Digital Collections, accessed October 16, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/items/show/16013.