From the Pre-war RAF to the RAF in World War II. Pre-War (1930's) British pilots and aircraft. A line of parked Hawker bi-planes (1930's). Formation display at pre-war Hendon Air Pageant. The Schneider Trophy won by Supermarine. This racing plane design helped Mitchell design the Supermarine Spitfire. A Supermarine S-2B sea plane takes off and seen in flight. Workers work for the production of aircraft. An assembly line of aircraft. Men work on the bodies of aircraft. A Royal Air Force Vickers Wellington medium bomber taxis and takes off. Lines of parked AW Whitleys. A front line medium bomber. A Bristol Blenheim light bomber aircraft takes off. A Beaufighter night-fighter in flight. Short Stirling aircraft stationed. A Halifax heavy bomber takes off and in flight.
The Royal Air Force ( RAF ) in Great Britain during World War II. Aircraft in flight. Workers work for the production of aircraft. Officers greet in front of a line of stationed aircraft. A Royal Air Force Lockheed Hudson light bomber taxis and takes off. The Lockheed Hudson in flight. Narrator acknowledging America and its workers for the contribution of the Hudson and the B-17. A RAF B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft takes off. Trainees march. The trainees work on equipment learning use of guns and bomb dropping mechanisms on the planes. A link trainer in operation. Classroom instructions given to the trainees. Airmen at controls in mock bomber trainers. An officer at a desk talks to a bomber crew as one of the crewman makes a report on the results of their bombing run, on behalf of the bomber crew. Another officer makes a report for fighter pilots. A fighter pilot picks up a telephone. The fighter pilots run to their aircraft. The aircraft taxi and take off, participating in the Battle of Britain.
The Royal Air Force ( RAF ) battling German Luftwaffe forces during the Battle of Britain in World War II. Aircraft in formation flight. Aircraft take off. Royal Air Force personnel prepare for a take off. A pilot in the cockpit of an aircraft. RAF Supermarine Spitfire aircraft taxi and take off. The Supermarine Spitfire aircraft attack the enemy airplanes during the Battle of Britain. Gun camera footage shows strafing of German ships from pilot POV. Damaged wings of an aircraft. A RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft drops bomb on a German convoy at sea. The convoy is destroyed. The Royal Air Force flag on a mast.
United Kingdom Minister of Munitions David Lloyd George addresses a large group of women and men seeking political support for women to work in munitions factories and engage in other wartime endeavors. Many in the group wave white papers as they solicit support in World War I.
A fair in England. People on a large swing shaped like a boat. Some people stand near the swing boat. A woman throws a ball at target while crowd watches. Men and women on a carousel. The women ride side saddle.
A Luftwaffe bomber aircraft crashes in Britain during World War II. Rubble and debris between two houses. A British man carries a bomb from the crashed Nazi aircraft. Buildings in the background. British enlisted men and civilians in the foreground. A British civilian carries a bomb on his shoulder. British civilians in the background. Rubble and debris of demolished building in the background. The British civilian carrying the bomb stops and a British enlisted man takes the bomb from his shoulder. A British officer and an air warden looks on. The enlisted man lays the bomb near other bombs with detonators removed. The British officer in the background. A British civilian looks at the propeller of the crashed Nazi bomber. The enlisted man and civilians walk through the rubble and debris of a demolished building in the background.
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