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Churchill's Island Reel-2
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keywords: wwii, battle of britain, german blitz, raf, royal air force, german u-boat submarine warfare, ship convoy to england, german partroops, anti-ship mines, mine-laying ship, british home guard, prime minister winston churchill
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 German U-Boat submarine warfare, WWII convoy to England, German forces prepare for invasion of England, German paratroops in practice jumps, laying anti-ship mines in the English Channel, British Home Guard preparing for German invasion, Prime Minister Winston Churchill tours military base...(read more)
- Date: 1942
- Duration: 00:11:01
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: England, France
Churchill's Island Reel-2
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.
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.
