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Germans prepare for a direct invasion and British sailors drop naval mines in the English Channel for coastal protection.
Germany's successive attack over England during World War II. German soldiers observe 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 RAF bombers of No 2 Group bomb the Philips Electrical works at German-occupied Eindhoven, Holland, during World War II.
Film starts wirh slate reading: "R.A.F. Blasts Holland." At an Royal Air Force (RAF) base in England, United Kingdom, ground crewmen work on a British Supermarine Spitfire aircraft. Closeup of RAF pilot in cockpit of an airplane. Closeups showing fires burning and severe destruction of the Philips Electrical works at Endoven, the Netherlands, in aerial photographs taken during a bombing attack by RAF 2 Group, on December 6, 1942. Animated map illustrates the flight path of the attacking bombers from England, across the North Sea and the German occupied Holland, to Endoven. View of a de Havilland Mosquito bomber with propellers turning and then one of a Mosquito bomber in flight overhead. View from a warship of several RAF 2 Group aircraft flying low over the North sea. Glimpse of a Mosquito bomber flying low enough to affect the ocean surface. View from another aircraft in the formation, of a Mosquito bomber underway low over the water. View of a pilot in a cockpit, wearing learher helmet with earphones and an oxygen mask. View from aircraft approaching the coast of Holland, with two others already low above the mainland. More views of the bombers flying extremely low over Holland. View from a bomber showing agricultural land and the Philips Electrical works at Endoven, dead ahead. German flak guns fire and the bombers return fire by strafing the target building. The camera aircraft pulls up climb above the building and maneuvers over a river and city. Scene shifts to views from a high altitude group of RAF 2 Group, over the target. Views of their bombs bursting on target complex, causing fires and heavy smoke. Scene shifts, again to the bomber aircraft recovering at their home base in England. (Narrator states that 12 aircraft did not make it back.) View of a mosquito bomber crash landed. A severely damaged Lockheed PV-1 Ventura bomber. A crash landed Douglas A-20 Havoc bomber. Air crews conversing after arriving back from the mission. (Note: Losses to 2 Group were heavy, with 14 aircraft brought down by flak and enemy fighters, a 20% loss rate. Three more aircraft crash-landed on returning to England. Fifty-seven aircraft had been damaged and needed repairs.)
Prince Edward, the youngest Prince of Britain, plays with his parents in London, England.
The youngest Prince of Britain. Prince Edward of Britain with his parents. The baby with his parents, the Duke and the Duchess of Kent, Prince George and Princess Marina.
Body of Edith Louisa Cavell being brought to England from Brussels.
Procession of the body of Edith Louisa Cavell in England. A huge procession seen walking and crowds gathered to see the procession. A carriage carrying the body of Edith Louisa Cavell, a British nurse during World War I, after it was brought back by the destroyer HMS Rowena from Ostend, Flanders to Admiralty Pier in Dover. A fleet of soldiers, nurses with flower bouquets and army band seen walking with the carriage carrying the coffin. The coffin is covered with the English flag. Soldiers bow as the coffin is brought at the Norwich Cathedral (65 The Close, Norwich NR1 4DH, United Kingdom) where it was reburied.
Underwater pipelines,petroleum casks and electrically operated fire lines are revealed off coast of England soon after World War II
Britain reveals and demonstrates operation of a literal fire wall off the cliffs of Dover that had been set up to stop a potential German invasion of England. With World War 2 in Europe recently ended, Britain demonstrates the underwater pipelines and petroleum casks that would have generated a fire line to stop German invasion troops, ships and aircraft. Demonstration of the defenses: Large smoke column rises. Electrically operated fire lines are set on fire along coast line to burn forces of any incoming invasion. British Army soldiers near a line of mines, inland, that served as a second line of defense. A mine area is exploded for demonstration.
Germany launches V-1 flying bombs against England during World War II
Initial scene shows German soldiers setting up a camera, in a camouflaged location, during World War 2. . Views from the water, of the White Cliffs of Dover, on the English Channel coast. Suddenly, a jet-propelled V-1 flying bomb is seen racing past the camera and disappearing in the distance. Next the camera focuses on another V-1 and tracks it. Its body, wings, and jet engine affixed to its top, are clearly seen. as are pulses of flame from its engine. Another V-1 launches from near the camera and flashes past, disappearing in the distance. The final scene shows a V-1 in flight, even clearer than the earlier views. (Note: The V-1 was also known as a buzz bomb or doodle bug was the first cruise missile used in wartime.)
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