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1943 ENGLAND / FRANCE: DEFENCE - Compilation in memory of the pilots who won the Battle of Britain /
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3:55Now PlayingDate: 30th September 1943
Location: FRANCE NORTHOLT, ENGLAND ST. PAUL'S, ENGLAND LONDON, ENGLAND BIGGIN HILL AERODROME, ENGLAND BUCKINGHAM PALACE, ENGLAND ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
Planes on ground / Close shots of young pilots / Planes revving up and taking off over English countryside / Formation flying
Unidentified spokesman gives military speech (MUTE)
Planes (Bostons?) on runway / Jeep along / Close of pilots in cockpit taxiing / Planes taking off / Close of pilot in cockpit / Close shots of planes along
Low Flying AV over sea Boston in and out of picture...
GV mass Bostons flying low over sea...
France: LAV over Coast of France and over woods ...
AV formation of six Bostons ...
GAV county of France ...
Low AV over trees and houses and roads. CU airman in Boston winks - pilot
Low AV over woods and tracers firing up towards factory.
AV bombs dropping on factory - mass explosions. Low AV Bostons over countryside ...
AV Bostons leaving coast of France and flying out to sea..
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