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Churchill's Island Reel-1
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keywords: wwii, battle of britain, german blitz, raf, royal air force, british war factories, german dictator adolf hitler, german railway gun, british air raid warden, british spitfire fighter, german u-boat submarine warfare
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...(read more)
- Date: 1942
- Duration: 00:09:36
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: England, France
Churchill's Island Reel-1
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.
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).
