Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY AIR COMMODORE COZENS [Alternative Title]
Summary: Amateur colour film with titles shot by H I Cozens between 1943 and 1945 while second in command of RAF Hemswell, and edited to portray the planning, execution and subsequent analysis of a bombing raid on Berlin by Lancasters of No 1 Group, RAF Bomber Command on the night of 6 February 1944.
Description:Opening titles "PRELUDE to VICTORY Throughout the War in Europe, from the first day to the last, aircraft of Bomber Command attached the Enemy.... This record of a Night Attack was made by the Officers & Men of No 1 Group Bomber Command... as a Tribute to the many who did not return."
In No 1 Group, Bomber Command's Operations Room, RAF Bawtry, the decision to launch the raid is made and planned out. At RAF Hemswell a squadron of Lancaster bombers is based and one of them is seen being refitted. The bomb load is carried out to the Lancasters, one 8000 lb 'cookie' and eight 500 lb bombs. The aircrews are fully briefed. The crews board the aircraft and the squadron takes off. From a camera inside the aircraft each crew member is seen at his work, the navigator, radar operator and pilot are especially dwelt on. The airfield traffic control room and the 1 Group's Operations Room closely monitor the raid. There are shots of Berlin aflame below (in fact Pforzheim - see technical remarks below), of a Messerschmitt attacking the Lancaster and anti-aircraft fire around the aircraft. The squadron is seen landing and the crews are de-briefed. Aerial photographs after the raid are pieced together and examined. Of 1152 aircraft on the raid, 32 are reported missing.
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY AIR COMMODORE COZENS [Alternative Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:MGH 683
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1943-1945
Production Country:GB
Production Details:Cozens, H I (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords:
Physical Characteristics:Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Silent
Title language: English
Subtitle language: English
Technical Details:Footage: 2260 ft; Running time: 94 mins
