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Churchill's Island

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keywords: wwii, battle of britain, german blitz, raf, royal air force

Synopsis: WWII England fights off a massive aerial campaign of German bombers and fighters as German Dictator Adolf Hitler decides to use the Luftwaffe exclusively to degrade British defenses and destroy English morale before committing German forces to a sea invasion of Great Britain. With scenes of British men and women in war factories, Adolf Hitler speech, German railway guns firing, British air raid warden, Britons rush to air raid shelter, British Spitfire attacks German bomber, German U-Boat submarine warfare...(read more)

  • Date: 1942
  • Duration: 00:20:37
  • Sound: Yes
  • Color: Monochrome
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: England, France

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WWII England fights off a massive aerial campaign of German bombers and fighters as German Dictator Adolf Hitler decides to use the Luftwaffe exclusively to degrade British defenses and destroy English morale before committing German forces to a sea invasion of Great Britain.

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00:00:37;02

Pan up from scenes of Germans manning a fortified observation post on the coast of France to views of the Straits of Dover. Nazi soldiers on watch looking toward the white cliffs of Dover. British guns trained across the English Channel and British soldiers on watch for invasion. English men and women working in factories producing weapons of war.

00:02:08;12

German Dictator Adolf Hitler speaking. German railway (railroad) gun rolls into position, loaded, elevated and fired across the English Channel. Several scenes of a German railroad gun firing. Brief images of destruction in British Cities caused by German coastal guns. Street scenes of people in England, English Bobby (policeman) directing traffic.

00:03:35;09

Wave after wave of bombers and fighter planes of the German Luftwaffe take-off, in flight to attack England. British air raid wardens in action. Air raid warning sounds and the British people prepare for bombing raids. People entering bomb shelter. Close-up of Nazi airmen and planes of the German Luftwaffe. Air barrage balloon is hit and is on fire. Anti-aircraft guns fire at Nazi planes as the German bombers drop bombs. Aerial view of ground explosions. German dive bombers attacking, large ground explosion.

00:06:25:06

German Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka dive bombers peeling off for bombing attack with instantly recognizable wailing siren dubbed the “Jericho Trumpet”. Shows bombs dropping from plane and large ground explosion.

00:06:38;09

Aerial combat between the British RAF and the German Luftwaffe. British Spitfire and Hurricane fighter planes attack German bombers, close-up of Spitfire plane machine guns firing, German plane is hit. Gun camera footage of British RAF planes shooting down planes of the German Luftwaffe. Nazi plane shot down in air-to-air combat (dogfight) and crashes into the English Channel. Shows wreckage of many German planes shot down over Britain. Shows convoy of supply ships on way to England.

Adolf Hitler and German Military Officers looking at war maps on table and conferring after air war fails to quickly force England to surrender.

00:09:10;12

Launching of German submarines (U-Boats).

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After the German Luftwaffe failed to bomb the British into submission Hitler initiated a plan to blockade England using submarines (U-boats) with orders to sink any ship traveling to England.

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00:00:09;05

German sailors in classroom training for submarine or U-Boat duty. Animated map showing planned German blockade of England with the use of submarines. German reconnaissance or recon planes report position of ship convoys en-route to Britain. A wolfpack of German submarines or U-Boats waiting for convoy of supply ships, U-Boats on surface. Interior of a U-Boat with a U-Boat on surface and diving, more interior footage of German U-Boat as preparations made to attack convoy of Allied ships Periscope view of Allied ships, German U-boat launching torpedoes and explosions as torpedoes strike allied merchant ships.

00:02:51;11

German U-Boat surfacing and on surface. German crew uses submarine deck gun to attack surface ship, Nazi crew loading and firing submarine deck gun. Allied ship sinking. American shipyards launching merchant ships and Canadian shipyards launching Corvette convoy escort ships. Several scenes of depth charge explosions as the Allied escort ships detect and attack German U-Boats.

00:04:59;14

German Staff planning direct invasion of England. German planes and fast patrol boats seek the best invasion sites along the coast of England. German paratrooper shock forces in training. German paratroopers practice mass parachute jumps.

00:06:20;10

Animated map shows the British invasion defenses of air and naval patrols, the costal minefield, the coastal guns and the mobile defense forces. British signalman sending morse code signals with blinker light.

00:07:05;07

British minelaying ship lay or drops mines in the waters of the English Channel. British minelayer or mine laying ship. Steel anti-submarine net across an entrance to a harbor. Firing of British coastal guns. British guards check identification of all travelers, Britain prepares for German invasion. Troop ship arrives from Canada. Prime Minister Winston Churchill inspects the troops and the preparations being made for the coming German invasion.