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1940 DEFENCE: World War 2: Air battle over channel
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2:22Now PlayingDate: 22nd July 1940
Location: DOVER, ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Air Battle Over Channel
Dover, England: GV Line of destroyers at sea. Pan destroyers at sea. Shot of sky. Pan of nine British fighter planes going out to intercept German planes. SV pan two destroyers. LV of German bomber diving. GV pan of bombs missing destroyer and explosions in water nearby. GV of German plane in air. LV Burst in water near destroyer. Pan AA bursts in sky. Pan of German plane over destroyer and crashes into water nearby. LV pan plane coming down and crashing in sea. GV Airman baling out, plane in picture. LV airman coming down in parachute and into sea near destroyer. LV pan & LV of destroyers safely on the way.
Airforce - Active; Media; Personalities - Journalists; Navy - Active; Ships and Boats; Self-Reference; World War II (Second World War)
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