Film begins showing young school children on Malta, walking, through streets littered with rubble, on their way to an outdoor school during World War 2. . Several scenes of the children at school. They line up outside a building and then proceed to their outdoor classrooms, all of which have desks for them. Several scenes focusing on the children in various outdoor settings. British sailors move a torpedo on a transporter to arm a British Navy Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bomber. They roll the torpedo underneath the aircraft to fasten it in place. Naval aviators discuss the mission. A swordfish plane starts its engine. Sailors move munitions from storage in medieval moats, through walled passage ways to arm the aircraft. They load a torpedo onto a Bristol Beaufort twin engine torpedo bomber. The Beaufort bomber starts engines, taxis, and takes off. It is followed by two Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft. Malta defenders with anti-aircraft guns in positions under camouflage netting. One with binoculars scans the sky for enemy aircraft. He speaks into a radio. Air raid alarms sound, and civilians run to shelters, as the military mans anti-aircraft guns. Fighter pilots run to their aircraft. A Fairy Firefly fighter plane is seen readied and waiting for a pilot. Closeup of pilot climbing into cockpit. Anti-aircraft gun crew mans its gun. Farm workers pause and look skyward. Anti-aircraft guns firing. Axis aircraft downed by anti-aircraft fire, crashes in explosion. Guns fire at a German Heinkel 111 bombers. Bombs exploding on the ground. Civilians seen in a bomb shelter. Numerous bombs striking all across a city. People emerging from their shelters after the raids. Newspaper front page shows George VI and notes that he has awarded Malta the George Cross. Boys running to distribute the papers. A florist shop owner places flowers on display outside his shop.
American flier polishing name "Lovely Louise" on nose of Martin B-26B, tail number: 41-17762 of the 439th Bomb Squadron, 319th Bomb Group. in Tunisia, during World War 2. American airmen loading belt of 50 caliber machine gun bullets into the aircraft. Interior of B-26 showing two armorers feeding in the machine gun bullets. Truck pulling trailer with bombs in it. Bomb laden trailer backing up towards B-26. Ground crew carrying bomb toward bomber. Ground crew lifting bomb off trailer. Bomb being lifted off trailer. Ground crew adjusting bomb mechanism. Ground crew working on bomb under wing. Bomb hoisted into bomb bay.
View from inside a U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft taking off from a field in Tunisia, during World War 2. Martin B-26 bombers seen parked on the field below. View from the air of a B-26 taking off. Formation of aircraft in flight. A B-26 viewed from above as it comes in for a landing.
View from inside a U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft in flight over Tunisia, during World War 2. Several Martin B-26 bombers in formation are seen climbing out below and then flying alongside the camera plane.. Views of the hilly terrain below. Setting sun, hills, and river seen toward tail and then over wing of the C-47 camera aircraft.
Pilot and copilot in cockpit of a U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 in flight over Tunisia during World War 2. A formation of B-26 bombers seen overhead. Scene shifts to several B-26s landing in succession on a runway. Some twin engine aircraft seen parked at left edge of the runway and brief glimpse of a Spitfire fighter plane with engine running in dirt at right side of the active runway while B-26s are landing. Pilots holding a large map as they debrief a mission with an intelligence officer on the tarmac. The aircrews then walk to an operations room where they get some refreshments and continue discussing the mission.
A USAAF B-26 bomber being armed during World War 2. A wheeled bomb dolly loaded with 500 pound bombs is parked next to a B-26 aircraft. Four armorers, using special handles, slide one of the bombs off the carrier and move it under the aircraft. Another crew also removes a bomb from the carrier. Next scene shows armorers inserting fuzes in several bombs on the ground under the aircraft bomb bay. View, through operations building window, of a P-38 fighter plane parked in the grass, and B-26 bombers taxiing past it in the background. A P-38 fighter aircraft viewed almost head-on as it comes in for a landing. A formation of B-26 bombers overhead.
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