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British night bombers attack Bremen,and Germany retaliates by bombing Coventry, in World War II
A British citizen is seen waving and giving the "V for Victory" sign to trucks passing by carrying British troops during World War 2. View of British fliers assembled on the tarmac in front of a Vickers Wellington twin engine bomber, as a string of trolleys carrying bombs moves along the ground near them. Closeup of the bombs on the trolleys. British RAF officers at telephones discussing a night's planned mission involving 10 aircraft. Glimpse of Vickers Wellington bombers and trolleys of bombs on an airfield. RAF officer and assistants (including 2 women) discussing targeting. Officer mentions photographs of submarine yards and they study them. Scene shifts to the targeting officer briefing air crews about their night's mission, to bomb the German submarine and ship building yards at Bremen. View of photographs. View of aircrew members in briefing room. Views of aircrew boarding their Welllington bomber; engine running; and pilot in cockpit. Other Wellington bombers cranking up. The bombers takeoff at dusk. Pilot in one checking with his rear gunner, and radio operator, while they are in flight. Two bombers silhouetted against sky while in flight. Crew member annotating navigation log. Scene shifts to German pilots on the ground, being scrambled to their Messerschitt Bf 109 aircraft. German searchlights scan the sky and soldiers run to man their 12.8 cm Flak 40 antiaircraft guns. Flashes from these guns are seen in the darkness. Some British Wellington bombers flying through clouds with Flak bursts around them. Pilot in a bomber tells his crew they are entering a glide. View of bomber in sharp decent. Antiaircraft batteries firing rapidly. Bombardier at station in a bomber. View of bomb in bomb bay. Bombardier presses button releasing several bombs. Explosions on the ground. Antiaircraft batteries firing furiously. Pilot in cockpit illuminated by flare of bombs and fires. Camera pans across burning buildings on the ground. Closeup of Adolf Hitler vowing revenge. Slate reads: "November 14th, 1940." Views of German bomber aircraft in night raid over Britain during Battle of Britain. Bombs bursting and antiaircraft fire during blitz. View of Coventry, England, in the dawn after the raids. Destroyed and severely damaged buildings, some still burning. Aerial views of some of the destruction. People walking past rubble. Camera captures image as remains of one building collapse. Skeletons of buildings silhouetted against the foggy sky. Survivors on the streets huddle at a bulletin board to read news posted there. Teams of firefighters and others trying to deal with the destruction and pulling victims from the rubble and carrying them for burial in a common grave. Survivors placing garlands of flowers on the graves.
German bombing campaign against England and British air defenses during World War II
Formation of German Dornier Do 17 bombers headed for England in World War 2. View of German crew members in cockpit of bomber. Closeup of German Messerschmitt bf 109 fighter aircraft in flight. German fighter shoots down a barrage balloon that bursts into flames and falls from the sky. British gun crews on the coast firing 3.7 inch antiaircraft guns. Flak bursts around a German Heinkel He 111 bomber. Formation of He 111 bombers dropping bombs. German bombardier bending over bomb sight inside a bomber. View of ground below. Bombardier hitting bomb release control. View through forward canopy of bombs falling from the aircraft. German bombs striking and exploding in England. Smoke rising from explosions and fires. German aircrew pleased with results. German Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers peeling and diving with their characteristic whines as they drop bombs on waterfront targets in England. British Royal Air Force Spitfire fighters rising to engage the German aircraft. Britons on ground look up to watch dogfights at high altitude overhead, marked by contrails in the sky. British gun camera footage of German warplanes being shot down. Wreckage of destroyed German warplanes. A flight of three spitfires flying overhead. Firemen directing streams of water on burning buildings in London. British citizens clearing rubble. Local Air Raid wardens Antiaircraft Gun crew on a British ship talk of the German aircraft they've shot down.
Germans prepare for a direct invasion of England, and British sailors drop naval mines in the English Channel for coastal protection.
Germany's preparations for invasion of the United Kingdom in World War 2. German soldiers study papers at a desk and prepare for direct invasion over England. The soldiers observe back lighted reconnaissance photos with a magnifying glass and observe forms of ships. A German pilot inside an aircraft in flight low near the coast of Dover, Portsmouth, and Plymouth. A German torpedo boat, or Schnellboots aka S-boot or S-boat, at sea running at high speed. German sailors and officers on the deck of a Schnellboots torpedo boat. German Army paratroopers in training for jumps. German paratroopers jump from simulated aircraft at low height, and hanging from wires, as they practice landing and rolling. German paratroopers at the open door of an aircraft and jumping in a line from the aircraft in flight. A number of parachutes in the air. A sketch shows the layers of British defensive positions from the coast inward. British flying boat over water. Gun turret of flying boat in action. Allied signal man soldier using portable signal lamp. Sailor on ship using large signal lamp. A British ship in the rough North Sea during a squall storm. British sailors in mine laying operation drop large round naval contact mines with protruding Hertz horns visible, into the sea. Booms with steel submarine nets in front of a British harbor to catch submarines and surface craft.
British soldiers with guns at beaches and soldiers check identity of people in England during World War II.
Aerial view of buildings and beaches on coast of England, United Kingdom, during World War 2. Narrator describes preparations by British soldiers for an invasion of England by German forces. British soldiers train for defensive operations. They run holding rifles and take up positions along the coast. Artillery gun barrel as the gun is fired. A group of soldiers run carrying guns. Two soldiers walk. A church and a field. A soldier checks the identity of a woman and a man. Another one stops a vehicle and checks the identity of a civilian driver. Soldiers board vehicles. British aircraft overhead in flight, on patrol against German attack. British troops hold guns and march. New recruits are processed: Man in civilian suit stands in queue to receive military uniform and equipment as he enters the British armed forces. A ship carrying troops from Canada departs its home port bound for the war front. Families of the troops wave from dock and wish them good bye.
British supply convoy from Alexandria to Malta is forced to turn around by relentless Axis air attacks in World War II
Film was made during the Battle of the Mediterranean in World War 2, when Britain was trying to defend supply convoys from Alexandria to Malta. The convoy shown was attacked by Axis planes and forced to return to Alexandria. Opening scene is animated map showing path of the convoy from Alexandria westward through so-called "Bomb Alley" between Crete and Bengazi, North Africa. View of several warships in the convoy as seen from the stern of one. A British Illustrious class aircraft carrier is seen in the distance, and a Revenge class battleship to port astern the camera ship. Cluster of balloons Three biwing scout planes fly close by a destroyer underway and then over the aircraft carrier. Formation of airplanes flies over a three-stacker British battleship in camouflage paint. An aircraft takes off from the aircraft carrier. Closeup of a sailor manning a signal lamp. A British amphibious aircraft in flight. A British spitfire aircraft landing on the carrier. British sailor lookout with binoculars calls attention to enemy aircraft approaching overhead in trail formation. Film switches to animated representation showing the convoy underway in the Mediterranean and axis aircraft attacking it from the South and the North. Sailors in battle gear load an anti aircraft gun and other anti aircraft guns aboard the armored aircraft carrier begin actively firing at the attacking planes. Puffs of black flak clouds begin to fill the sky. A flight of Italian Fiat BR.20 light bombers overhead. Skies full of black flak clouds and bombs bursting in the water raising black smoke. Views from inside an attacking Italian aircraft flying through heavy flak. Glimpse of the Italian camera plane wing. An Italian Breda B.a.65 aircraft in flight. An Italian three-engine Savola-Martchetti SM.79 bomber in flight. Glimpse from the air of Allied ship maneuvering to avoid bombs, that explode around it. Another view of SM.79 and then view through its cockpit floor of bombs being dropped on ships below. More ships making defensive maneuvers to avoid bombs. Water level view of bomb burst raising large column of water, and bombs bursting close to the aircraft carrier. Formation of Italian Fiat BR.20 light bombers heading away from the convoy. Sailor firing anti aircraft machine gun. Formation of Fiat BR.20s splits apart for safety. Sailor firing water-cooled machine gun. Animated map shows convoy turning to port as it heads back toward Alexandria without completing its mission. Enemy aircraft from North Africa continue to attack the convoy as it proceeds. Sailors relax momentarily on a ship's deck and watch smoke from a burning ship on the horizon. A burning ship is nearby. Animated map shows convoy heading straight back eastward. View from bridge of one ship and of other ships heading back with land in sight. They include a camouflaged transport ship. View of a ship loudspeaker calling crew of warship to battle stations. Sailors begin loading their respective ship's guns. Glimpse of pom pom guns. Turret guns begin firing. Soon the air is filled with flak clouds as all the ship's guns fire at a relatively few enemy aircraft. Two enemy aircraft are downed and splash into the water.View of a streamlined battleship with two over three gun turrets forward. View from bridge of battleship with multiple gun barrels pointing the same way. Camouflaged transport ships. Tunis harbor.
British Navy attacks French Vichy fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, Oran, Algiers, during World War II
Opening scene shows ships of the French fleet in the harbor of Mers-el-Kébir, Oran, Algeria, during World War 2. French tricolors seen flying from the superstructure of the French battleship, Dunkerque. A motorboat arrives, delivering a note from British Admiral Somerville, via HMS Foxhound (destroyer) to Vichy French naval officer Marcel-Bruno Gensoul, with final warning ultimatum against siding with the Axis powers. Sailors on the Dunkerque watch over the railing of their ship. The messengers board the Dunkerque. French and British Navy sailors exchange signal light messages between ships. Onboard the Dunkerque, the message is delivered to French Admiral Marcel-Bruno Gensoul. Closeup of the message. More signal light messages between ships. (The French had rejected the ultimatum.) French sailors are seen running across a concrete pier separating small pleasure boats in the foreground, from the French warships on the other side of the pier, in the background. View of sailors running to battle stations aboard French ships. An explosion occurs in the waters of the harbor. Striking shells create explosions near the French warships. The Battleship Dunkerque with heavy black smoke rising from her funnel getting underway. French sailors on a battleship with heavy white smoke surrounding them as they stand near her 13-inch guns. The French battleship, Bretagne, exploding after being hit by British gunfire. French sailors fighting fires on burning deck of a warship. Another view of the exploding battleship, Bretagne. A British warship firing its 15-inch guns. Unidentified French warship hit in its aft section by gunfire and exploding in heavy smoke. French survivors in life vests and lifeboats throughout the harbor. Wreckage of some destroyed French ships. (Note: The attack was part of Operation Catapult, a British plan to neutralize or destroy French warships in Vichy France, to prevent them from falling into German hands.)