A training film on preparation of anti air craft search light equipment for combat use. Men at work with each piece of battery's equipment. Views of power plant, sound locators and searchlight. Men prepare for action for communication and transportation.
A training film on preparation of anti aircraft searchlight equipment for combat use. Crew of control station prepare, Commander of battery inspects unit and posts reliefs. Unit locates target aircraft and begins action. Views of crew at work and between missions. Crew changes carbon light in searchlight.
An animated map showing Dieppe, France. Illustrates unsuccessful landing strategy of British and Canadian Army Forces. Views of Dieppe, German artillery and guns in fortifications firing at incoming Allied soldiers. German soldiers run from underground fortification to reach trench firing positions where they fire at incoming British forces. German officer watches with binoculars. A British ship in ocean, several airplanes flying over and bombs dropped over the town. German anti-aircraft guns firing at British aircraft. German soldiers in place on streets of Dieppe remain at the ready. Views of explosion on roads of town and German forces attacking British forces that have come ashore on a landing craft.
German camera views of wrecked city, damaged equipment, and debris after the Battle of Dieppe during World War II. Dead bodies of British and Canadian soldiers on the beach, up near a sea wall, and near German fortifications. Wrecked British landing crafts and other vehicles strewn around. (World War II period).
A German soldier on a moored vessel hands a canteen of water to an exhausted British soldier, who drinks and appears weary. Views of wrecked city, damaged equipment and debris after the Battle of Dieppe. Dead bodies of British and Canadian soldiers. German soldiers taking wounded soldiers on stretchers. Germans round up British and Canadian prisoners and march the POWs through Dieppe to the prison compound. Many of the POWs are wounded. (World War II period).
Night time in London during German aerial bombardments during World War II, Battle of Britain. Citizens go home in the evening rush hour, crowded London Street and double decker bus is seen. Police and air raid wardens man their posts. Citizens in queue waiting to enter air raid shelters. British citizens bedding down in public air raid shelters. Search lights and anti aircraft units are activated. Fire fighters battle blazes in London following blitz raids.
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