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Airfiring by fixed gun fighters: sighting exercises
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Maker: Science Films Ltd
A RAF training film based on exercises from the Pilot Gunnery Instructors course at the Central Gunnery School. The film uses animated diagrams, practice and actual combat gun camera film to illustra...F02277
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Allies blast Truk
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The largest Japanese Naval base outside of Japan is attacked by carrier aircraft from Admiral Mitscher's TF-58. The attack was co-ordinated with General MacArthur's land operations in New Guinea. Scen...F00802
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Battle of Britain (DPR RAAF stock shots)
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Extract of film made by Crawley Films Ltd (Canada) showing scenes of aerial combat during the battle of Britain in 1940.F10382
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Deflection shooting training
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As a means of instructing air gunners in deflection shooting a cine camera was used in place of the machine guns. This film shows simulated fighter attacks made on the rear turret position of a Lancas...F03601
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1. Europe, pre invasion battle of the air 2. Little ships hit high spots. (News From Home No. 87)
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1. (4 min) Covers Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Squadrons of the USAAF 8th Airforce flying as fighter escorts for B-17 Flying Fortresses. Shots of pilots, P-47 take offs, in flight and gun camera film of ...F00776
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[Extracts from German newsreels: French and Norwegian campaigns, 1940]
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Maker: Universum Film AG
Extracts from various German UFA newsreels with commentary in Spanish or English. Stories covered are: Dunkirk (Spanish commentary). French campaign, destruction of Beligium forts at Lille, fall of Va...F01943
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[Extracts from Japanese newsreels covering occupied Netherlands East Indies, Solomons campaign, Burma and occupied Singapore] (Dai Toa Nyusu No. 2 = Greater East Asia News No. 2)
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Maker: Nippon Eigasha
Dai Toa Nyusu (Greater East Asia News) produced by Nippon Eigasha (Japanese Film Company) for screening in Japanese occupied Netherlands East Indies. Topics covered are; 1. Japanese Aichi Navy Type 0 ...F06922
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Fighter bomber: filmed in Burma by the pilots of 30 Squadron RAF
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Maker: Mainwaring, Wentworth McKenzie, Ernest Alex
A brief history of No. 30 Squadron RAF operations against the Japanese in Burma covering the period from October 1944 to the capture of Rangoon in May 1945. Produced by Ernest McKenzie and Wentworth M...F04778
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Fighter pilot
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A propaganda film which gives an overview of the work of the fighter RAF fighter pilot his aircraft, procedures and activities both on the ground and in aerial combat. Scenes include: RAF Fighter Comm...F01498
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Gliders and their tug destroyed
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Maker: Cleveland, H
Combat Film No 4552, Flight Lieutenant Cleveland No 418 Squadron 26 Feb 1944 1700 hrs. Mosquito attacking enemy aircraft. Gun camera footage of an attack on a five engine Heinkel He-111Z-1 towing Goth...F01446
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Highlights Eighth Airforce fighter combat vs Me-163 [and Me-262]
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Maker: Anderson, William H Conner, R E Dupree, Charles W Gerbe, William T Glessnor, M F Glover, Fred W Kolbe, John E Lux, Frank O Norley, Luis H Pidwell, John C Shoffit, Jimmy C Voss, J R
This item comprises of gun camera films taken by United States Eighth Airforce fighter pilots in combat with Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Me-163 rocket and Messerschmitt Me-262 jet aircraft. Inter title li...F05428
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Island target
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Maker: Carty, William Montague Trerise, John William Coffey, Frank Bird, Walter Charles
This is a general release film produced by the Department of Information using historical film footage. For the purpose of continuity in this some scenes may be out of historical sequence, because of ...F01260
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1. Marshall Islands, US Navy aerial blitz before invasion 2. Chinese shipbuilders aid allies. (News From Home No. 78)
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1. (1 min 49 sec) Softening up bombardment by US Navy aircraft from Admiral Mitscher's TF58 before the Marshall Islands invasion (Movietone News) 2. (2 min 24 sec) Chinese workmen build ships for the ...F00770
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[Operation Barbarrosa: the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union. Rommel and Afrika Korps at Tobruk] (Die Deutsche Wochenschau) [1941] = (The German newsreel) [1941]
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Maker: Die Deutsche Wochenschau
A collection of German newsreels extracts and a travelogue c June 1941 covering the following topics. 1. Troops of the Waffen SS placing flowers on their dead comrades graves. 2. The German Army's adv...F01967
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RAAF combat magazine No 1
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Maker: Department of Information
Department of Information film assembled from Gaumont British, Fox Movietone, Metro-Goldwyn Mayer and Paramount newsreels. Topics covered are: Item 1. The camera gun (Gaumont British News). Shows Sp...F02517
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79 RAF Operational Training Unit Beaufighter gun camera training film
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Maker: Leftwich, Robert John
This film is one which I made when completing an Operational Training Course (OUT) on Beaufighter X's at 79 Operational Training Unit RAF Nicosia, Cyprus. It was essentially a low level flying course ...F00445
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Spitfire in flight and gun camera film of strafing attacks
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Gun camera footage of fighter strafing attacks on huts and vessels somewhere in the South West Pacific Area. Intercut with long shots of a Spitfire aircraft in flight.F04976
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455 Squadron, RAAF Beaufighters combat films 1944-1945
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This item comprises of 14 individual gun camera films of attacks on shipping by Beaufighter aircraft of 455 Squadron RAAF operating with RAF Coastal Command, June 1944 to January 1945. 1. Combat Film ...F02698
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452 Squadron RAAF Spitfire gun camera film
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Maker: Sanderson, Jack Gordon
Gun camera film of aerial combat training taken by 407835 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) J G Sanderson 452 Squadron RAAF sometime between October 1943 and November 1944 in the Darwin area. Shows practice...F03637
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The air plan
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Maker: RAF Film Production Unit
A Royal Air Force Film Production Unit promotional film. Introduction title: 'The Normandy campaign was a combined operation by the sea land and air forces of the United Nations. This film sets out to...F02700