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Stuka dive bombers attack British ships at Dunkirk (WW2)
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers in flight over Dunkirk during World War II. A British ship sailing the English Channel. British soldiers use binoculars to view Stuka dive bombers from ship deck. Naval artillery moves into position and fires at dive bombers. Junkers Ju 87 dive bombing. Water explosion from bombs. Aerial and gun camera view of German dive bomber bombardment. A single Junkers Ju 87 dive bombing British ship at low altitude. Stuka releases bombs from bomb bay. British ship in flames after German dive bomber bombardment.
British Royal Air Force warplanes engage German Luftwaffe bombers in dogfights over England, during World War II.
German Luftwaffe aircraft on bombing runs over England during Battle of Britain blitzkrieg in World War 2. British plane spotters in office. Royal Air Force plotting room with officers planning to combat German bombers during blitz. Aerial view of German Heinkel He-111 bombers in flight. Royal Air Force Spitfire warplanes in formation. The Spitfires engage in dogfights with German planes over England. R.A.F. Hurricane aircraft pursues a German bomber. Pilot hand seen pressing button to fire guns. Gun camera footage from British RAF aircraft shows the German Luftwaffe bomber aircraft as it is hit and crashes into the English Channel. Multiple aerial battle and dogfight scenes between British and German aircraft are seen. Guns on RAF planes fire. Anti aircraft gunners and plane spotters on a post in England. A civilian spotter writes swastika symbols on chalk on a wall, representing German aircraft downed. Scenes inside a control room where spotters are relaying German enemy aircraft sightings to controllers deploying British defenses. Smoking ruins of buildings in London during the Blitz in the Battle of Britain. Prime Minister Winston Churchill seen touring the streets with citizens and being cheered by citizens. Narration on clip is in Japanese.
A film titled 'The Warning' showing scenes of London as citizens prepare for air raids (WW2)
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.
British troops during evacuation of Dunkirk in World War 2
Smoke arises over Dunkirk harbor, France, from a ship on fire. Clouds of smoke in the sky. Troops are rescued from the ship and embark in small boats, drawn alongside the listing ship. Men rest aboard boat being towed by a tugboat, across the English Channel. Allied forces leaving Dunkirk shore aboard small boats and wading out to a British fishing boat, which is equipped with a deck gun. Evacuation troops boarding the boat. One man climbs over the railing without his pants.. Safely evacuated troops are cheerful,at rail road station. Men sleeping on deck of a ship. Evacuees climb gangway to a ship, most without any shoes. Evacuees on shore, and in train, in England. British troops loading food and drink through train window. Disheveled evacuees smile from train windows.
Hitler views captured areas in Paris, Dunkirk, and Calais; in Germany Hitler make plans with officers for invading England
'Battle of Britain' from the "Why we Fight" series of propaganda films during World War 2. Adolf Hitler stands with other officers in Paris following Battle of France and views the Eiffel Tower. Elevated view from Eiffel Tower of German troops marching in streets of Paris and under Arc de Triomphe. Damaged buildings in Dunkirk after German invasion. Hitler and staff ride in car through street barely passable with rubble and destroyed buildings on either side. In Calais, view of bombed port area and German soldiers keeping watch from a bunker. Hitler looks through V-shaped rangefinder or sighting binoculars across the English Channel toward Britain. Scenes in Berlin Germany of Reich Chancellery exteriors and interiors where Hitler meets with German officers and plans with other officers for invading England. German soldiers men guard a building and Hitler's staff shown examining maps. Pictorial, animated representation of the first phase of the plan showing attack of England from air by Luftwaffe. Phase two shows attack on coastal areas. Phase three shows the actual attack and the course the German army would take to invade Britain.
German air attack on Britain during World War II and British defenses repeling German attacks during Battle of Britain.
British defense against German aerial warfare in Battle of Britain. German aircraft in flight. A British soldier on a boat sees through binoculars. An aircraft lands on sea. German pilots are rescued and become British prisoners. Damaged German aircraft downed in Britain. Germans pause blitzkrieg campaign due to British Royal Air Force resistance. German soldiers shown having leisure time in their encampments. German military equipment idle. German long range artillery and rail guns attack England from a distance, firing over the English Channel. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill addresses the people saying that Britain will win in the Battle of Britain, and Hitler is shown addressing the Reichstag and disagreeing with Churchill. German officers including Goering greet each other. They come out of a car. Various German bomber and attack aircraft take off again following an August 30 change in air war strategy by Goering and the Luftwaffe. British listening posts and control stations as well as fighter stations seen communicating, readying, and on high alert with anti-aircraft guns and RAF fighters to repel German attack. British spitfire aircraft take off to fight German Luftwaffe. A British soldier watches through binoculars. German aircraft drop bombs. View from inside German bomber nose position as it bombs a British airfield. A man blows a whistle in a British factory. British war production workers wear helmets and continue working at the munitions factory or ordnance factory during bombing air raid. British planes land and a pilot gives a report. He is asked, "Are you all right?" and he reports the German planes he downed.
