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
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November 26, 2002
March 08, 2024
February 01, 1996
May 16, 1982
January 01, 2009
June 01, 1995
September 17, 1981
November 14, 1996
September 17, 2002
December 15, 1993
October 20, 2014
September 21, 1967
December 01, 1942
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June 29, 1945
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