Aviator Jean Salis operates an aircraft in flight in England. Jean Salis follows the trans channel flight of French inventor Louis Bleriot. He uses the replica of Bleriot's wood monoplane for the flight. The airplane parked at the airfield. Salis in the cockpit of the plane. People gather on the field. The airplane in flight. The plane lands after the completion of its journey. A man shakes hands with Salis. Other people gather at the airfield to congratulate him.
British warship anchored in port during World War 2. Sailors, wearing steel helmets, on the bridge of the ship. Large direction finder, with antennae attached, rotates on the superstructure of the ship. Below decks, a crewman plots information on a board. He wears a steel helmet with "RLS Berry" written on it. British Navy Lieutenant speaks into microphone. A crewman looking at pelorus instrument. Other crewmen ostensibly watch enemy actions through binoculars. Man looking out from crow's nest. The background shows several ships in a major port, with substantial buildings lining the waterfront.
German blitz air attack damage in Britain during World War II. British anti-aircraft artillery guns firing at German aircraft in flight in southeast England. The British soldiers firing anti aircraft artillery towards the aircraft. Flak bursting in the sky. A German rescue sea plane heading to assist a downed German bomber. A British Hawker Hurricane aircraft is disabled and its pilot ejects with parachute. The Hurricane crashes to the ground. RAF launches depart to rescue the pilot in the sea. View of the rescued pilot, from New Zealand, being escorted ashore up a wooden dock, wrapped in a blanket. A bombed house. The destroyed buildings and churches in the area. The rubble of houses. Views of Anderson Shelters (bomb shelters) and a man emerging from one, his house in front of it partially destroyed. A captured German pilot, rescued at sea, is brought ashore. Elderly British men discussing the damage. A wrecked statue of British scholar John Milton lying on the ground. The destroyed buildings along the sides of the street in Westminster. Business men walking on the street show identification to authorities to gain access to a bombed area. Houses with exterior walls blown off revealing intact bedrooms inside. A policeman or Bobby picks up and examines a piece of shrapnel.
British citizens gather around a German aircraft on display in a town square during the Blitz period in the Battle of Britain (World War II). The damaged, captured German aircraft parked on the ground. People gather near the aircraft. Buildings in the background. A soldier views parts of the aircraft. The wrecked nose section of the aircraft. A girl stands near the aircraft with a jar. A man drops a contribution in the jar, presumably money for the war effort.
German air attack on Britain during blitzkrieg in World War II. Aircraft flying over British coast. German and British aircraft in aerial battle, while anti-aircraft guns also fire at German planes. An aircraft crashes. An aircraft bombing the area. Smoke rises as a bomb explodes on the land. Men stand nearby. Flak bursts in the sky. A barrage balloon in flight. The barrage balloon is hit and consumed in flames.
On sighting of incoming German aircaft, British soldiers scramble to trench battle positions with anti aircraft guns (ack ack guns) at British aerodromes. British pilots race to waiting Hawker Hurricanes and take off to fight the German Luftwaffe aircraft. Ground views of battle unfolding in the air. Smoke in sky from battle. Captured German air crew members are escorted by armed British guards. One is smiling. British Hurricane back at airbase for refueling and more ammunition. Smoke in distance across English Channel shows results of British offensive action. Official seen collecting pieces of a struck enemy aircraft. Narrator cautions viewers to not touch such pieces if they find them as "your curiousity may upset the work of examining experts." British Hurricanes and spitfires return to airbase. British pilots in discussion with a pilot from Poland. As pilots are shown, narrator says, "never in the history of human conflict, have the many owed so much to the few."
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