Film opens showing several Royal Air Force fighter pilots writing combat reports, as they sit in a Squadron operations room, during the Battle of Britain in World War 2. Closeup of one report, shows it is on a prepared Combat Report form. On the one shown, the pilot describes an engagement with German Dornier bombers on a blitz run on September 20th over Dover, at 12 thousand feet. The pilot notes the number of attacks and their intervals, at the bottom of the form. Scene shifts to closeups of other pilots completing their reports. (These pilots are probably with RAF 222 Squadron, flying Supermarine Spitfire airplanes out of RAF Station Hornchurch, in Essex, England.)
A film titled 'The Warning' from World War II. Narration in Japanese. Street scenes in London. Factory whistle blows announcing end of work day. People walking on the streets. Houses and city streets in view. Double decker buses and cars seen. Children playing beside a river (presumably the Thames). Boats and swan seen in the river. Newspaper headlines seen, including "War chiefs discuss mobilisation"; "Stocks Slump"; "All Navy Reserve Called Up" and "The Crisis: Latest" seen on The Evening Standard. People playing tennis, cricket and golf. Buildings seen. People sitting in a pub (bar). Antenna of transmitter on radio station. An air raid information message being transmitted from the British government on radio stations during the time of the German Blitz. British people at home and work seated and listening to their radios as the broadcast message is read. British military forces on shore of the English Channel readying anti-aircraft batteries. Japanese narration overlays clip.
Film outlines mobilization and various departments and divisions of British response to German blitz air raids in battle of Britain. Film shows scenes of: Anti-aircraft batteries, Royal Air Force aircraft response, Air Raid Wardens, Observer Corps, Decontamination Squads, Auxiliary Fire Service, and First Aid Posts. British forces prepare for German Blitz air raids on British cities in World War II. British naval ships at sea. A large howitzer and guns seen on the ship. Maps show positions of warships and aircraft in Britain. British aircraft on airfield. British police marching. British air raid wardens. Air raid observer looking skyward with binoculars. British fire engine, fire boat and fire men seen. Entrance to air raid shelter. Medical ward set up to treat victims.
British women preparing for air raid blitz during World War 2 Battle of Britain. Blacking out windows. Woman putting on a gas mask. Man stacking sand bags. Air raid shelter being constructed near bank of a river. Radio receiving station. A man communicates through the radio station. Scnes of communication lines and transmission lines warning of incoming attack. German bomber aircraft in flight. Many views of aerial towers with speakers broadcasting warning sirens. British police in motorcycles and in cars driving with loud sirens blaring to warn population of air raid. British civilians going down the entrance of underground air raid shelters. British defenses ready anti-aircraft artillery batteries.
View of a church or monastery with onion dome and cross. German ground crewmen fueling Luftwaffe (German Air Force) Ju 87, Stuka Dive Bomber hidden in woods, during World War 2. German enlisted man closing gas cap on wing of Stuka. German troops, stripped to waist, unload a bomb in a box from a truck. They move the bomb on a dolley to load it on a Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber. Rear seat observer climbs aboard a Ju 87, and takes camera from ground crewman. Stukas taking off. Stukas in formation. Scenes from air, of Ju-87 aircraft attacking lines of communication on the ground. Explosions as bombs strike.
A sign in German alluding to Greater Germany. ME-109 fighter aircraft takes off from dirt field. Junkers JU-88 bombers in formation. German pilots at controls of JU-88. British Spitfire attacks a JU-88. Gunners on bomber fire at Spitfire. German ME-109 arrives and engages British Spitfire in dogfight. The Spitfire is hit and descends, smoking, then crashes flat and burns. JU-88s continue and drop bombs. Dorner Do 17 bombers are also seen dropping bombs. Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers in flight. Views from pilot's cockpit. Formation of Ju-87s. View from cockpit of Ju 87 during dive bombing run against ground target. Smoke seen due to bomb explosion. Formation of Ju-87s with pilots in cockpits. View from cockpit as Ju-87 makes dive bomb attack against allied ship engaged in evasive maneuvers, with bombs falling near it.
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