Compiled from the Imperial War Museum Official Collection, this film collects rare and previously unseen film material shot by official cameramen on behalf of the RAF before the formation of the RAF Film Production Unit in September 1941. It tells the story of the RAF in the early years of the Second World War through the "phoney war", the Blitzkfreig and the Battle of Britain, capturing everyday life for those who served as wel as the RAF's frontline aircraft of the period. Other highlights include a fillmed account of a Blenheim raid on Northern France, a Sunderland flying boat sortie over Norway and Winston Churchill inspecting the new American aircraft for the RADF including the B-17, Douglas Boston and P-40.
Release Date: June 01, 2005
June 28, 1963
December 10, 2004
May 03, 1967
September 01, 2018
January 01, 1940
March 03, 1989
May 02, 2019
August 15, 2003
October 22, 2016
March 12, 1971
April 30, 1966
November 28, 2015
July 19, 2012
May 08, 2006
August 17, 1974
June 12, 1998
November 10, 2015
October 25, 1998
October 23, 1998
October 03, 1957