British spitfire aircraft on an airfield. Few planes take off. Pilot climbs out of the cockpit of a spitfire. Royal Air Force ground crews work on plane and load belted machine gun ammunition into boxes to be installed on the aircraft. The men pose with belts of ammunition around their necks. Ground crewman loads belt of ammunition into wing of spitfire and completes process by securing the ammunition box, itself, into the wing cavity. He then closes wing hatch and attaches fasteners with screwdriver. (World War II period).
A Royal Air Force base in England during the Battle of Britain in World War 2. Spitfire aircraft parked in background. An antiaircraft gun crew moves into their sandbagged position and maneuvers their gun about.
British Royal Air Force fighter pilots, in flight gear, including life vests, are scrambled and run from their quarters towards their aircraft during the Battle of Britain. British soldiers stand around a crash-landed German Messerschmidt airplane. Various views of the crashed German plane. (World War II period).
German bombers fly in formation with flak from British antiaircraft fire exploding below them during Battle of Britain in World War 2. Several flights of British Royal Air Force Spitfire fighters take off from airfield. A spitfire lands. Pilot poses with two thumbs up.
British Royal Air Force ground crews rearm a Spitfire aircraft during the Battle of Britain in World War 2. They feed belts into guns through access panels under wings and then place ammunition boxes into the wings. View Pilot's parachute sitting on empennage of a parked Spitfire aircraft. A partial glimpse of 66th Squadron's "LZ" code appears forward of the RAF roundel on its fuselage. Some white spots on leading edge of vertical stabilizer might be evidence of repair. But overall, the empennage does not appear damaged. Two other Squadron spitfires come in to land.
British fighter pilots, wearing life vests, stand about and converse at an RAF base in England during the Battle of Britain. Camera pans across their faces. An administrative officer appears to be reading some kind of official communication briefing to them.
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