Joachim Von Ribbentrop, German Ambassador to Great Britain, outlines Nazi Foreign Policy in April 1936. He is seated at a desk. Ribbentrop explains that the Chancellor has placed before the world his peace plan. Germany's sovereignty has been restored and Hitler will not allow it to be discussed again. The German people want nothing but freedom, equality and peace. Ribbentrop asserts Germany's faith in Hitler.
A blimp is towed out of a canvas tent hangar. One ground crewman ducks into trench between tracks as the blimp advances out of tent hangar. Scene shifts to distant wide view of a large semi-rigid airship fully emerged from its permanent hangar. It has a machine gunner nest on top. This appears to be an Italian made M.4, M.5, M.6, M.7, or M.8 semi-rigid, military use, single-gondola airship made by the Stabilimento Costruzioni Aeronautiche in Rome, and designed by Gaetano Crocco and Ottavio Ricaldoni. Next scene shows a medium wide shot of an airship, likely a SS Zero (SSZ) airship having just emerged from a hangar, and three other airships in the background. (This is possibly at Cranwell in the UK, and may be a ship of the British Royal Air Service or a US Navy airship, as the U.S. Navy was conducting airship training there with SSZ airships.) The SSZ were submarine scout aircraft used to spot German U-boats in World War 1. Next scene is an aerial view of gunner manning a machine gun atop an Italian M class airship, mounted on a pedestal surrounded by a circle of protective railing, on the top of the envelope. Next shot shows a view on the ground of a gondola for an airship Its fuel tanks, and various operating equipment are seen. Engine radiators and Blades of its twin propellers are partially seen at the top of the gondola. An officer walking within the framework of the gondola. Officer appears to be wearing an Italian Navy uniform cap.
Royal Air force aircraft under construction. Girls at an aircraft factory in Britain. Aircraft manufactured. Men work on various parts of aircraft. Aircraft structures lined up. Men assemble planes.
Royal Air force aircraft shadow factory at work during World War 2. A dignitary gets off a plane. He along with other important persons inspects finished Royal Air Force aircraft lined up. Dignitaries visit the aircraft factory. They get some information about the manufacturing process as they speak to the workers. Men work at machines in the factory. A fighter aircraft pulled out of a hangar. Dignitaries watch the aircraft in flight.
German Air Force (Luftwaffe) member in uniform during World War II (presumably a prisoner of war on British soil). Aviator's patch on his left breast pocket includes eagle and swastika. Separately, British ground crew ready an RAF (Royal Air Force) Hawker Hurricane for take off during Battle of Britain. Pilot in the cockpit as they work on the plane
British Royal Air Force AVRO Vulcan jet bomber in flight alone and then in formation with several AVRO 707s. The Vulcan delta wing design allow its 4 engines and fuel to be housed completely in the wing, leaving the fuselage free for bomb-carrying. The smaller AVRO 707s are low speed prototypes. One, the model 707C has been designed as a trainer aircraft.
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