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.
Attack on London at Christmas eve of 1940 during Battle of Britain in World War II. British men and women work on machines continuing to manufacture armament and weapons in the war effort, despite German blitzkrieg (blitz) air attacks. British workers work on aircraft. Close view of aircraft wheel rising into place during manufacture. British choir of boys sings Chrismas carol in cathedral. A young British girl seated by a fireplace races to greet her father in uniform as he enters. People celebrate Christmas. Crowded underground tube platforms and transit trains going by. A British boy and two girl children decorate a Christmas tree. Vendors sell goods to citizens taking cover in the underground. Night blitz air attacks by Germany on London. Buildings set on fire causing one of the greatest fires in history. London Fire Brigade fighters spray water from fire hoses on the burning buildings. They pump water from the Thames river. People of London sleep and relax underground in tube system. British attack the German aircraft with ground artillery and anti-aircraft weapons.
Female panda Chi-chi is seen at the London Zoo. London Zoo Curator Dr. Desmond Morris and head keeper Sam Morton talking. Female panda is leaving Britain for Moscow to meet a male giant panda named An-An. Views of panda in zoo.
Interior of a distillery, women check the bottles of liquor underneath huge magnifying glass. Bottles are loaded, wrapped and packed in cases by women. Women stenciling "Blended Scotch Whiskey" to its case. Whiskey supplies being unloaded from ships, airplane takes off and a stone house with a globe of the world superimposed.
From a film named 'Ship Safety -- A Story of Seven Sailors' starts. Door of projection room in a theater. Movie starts, views of British heavy Cruiser, HMS Andromeda, crippled and burning as a result of enemy strikes at sea. British Naval officers and men seated in the projection room, viewing movie and an instructor standing. In dramatized, periodic-authentic scenes, crew members board the HMS Andromeda and settle into living and working routines. Ship in sea. Men at work in engine room, man reads book entitled "No Orchids for Miss Handish" with an attractive woman in a tight dress pictured on the cover. Crews operate 4 inch guns and antiaircraft "pom pom" guns. Ship under attack by German bomber aircraft. Crewmen fight back with ship's guns. But the 7 mistakes of crew members have fateful consequences. Ship seen taking on water after a hatch is incorrectly left open, followed by scenes flooding of interior compartments. Also scenes of fire and smoke in compartments and fire fighters at work. Contains multiple scenes of British Navy sailors and officers, and interior ship views. (World War II period).
British Naval officers seated in the projection room, viewing movie and an instructor standing. Wax model of British naval warship hull being tested in a special water basin. Royal Navy architects at work. Drawings being transformed into full scale in a mould loft. Views slipway in a shipyard. A huge structure of ship is been made, men at work. Two men with a paper, discussing. Various views of the shipyard. British ship is launched in sea, views of ship in sea. Views on board the ship including boiler or engine room and other interior views.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.