Summary: Six items from separate British Movietone Newsreel issues all related to the Battle of Britain.
Description: I. "Hell-fire corner." Anti-aircraft activity over Dover coast: blazing balloons descend and plane crashes into sea. German prisoners are led through town. (Issue 587A)
II. "Britain's air toll of Nazi blitzkrieg." Fighters in flight. Guarded wreckage of Ju 88 bomber in field, and other wrecked Luftwaffe planes, 19 8 40. (Issue 585)
III. "Well done! The Fighter Command." Pilots relax on an airfield and then scramble, 19 9 40. (Issue 589A)
IV. "RAF on top." Blazing barrage balloons descend. Bombed houses in South Coast town. Home Guards train, 22 8 40. (Issue 585A)
V. "RAF fighters ever on the alert." Hurricanes land, refuel and take off (Squadron No. 56), 26 8 40. (Issue 586)
VI. "A graveyard of Nazi hopes." Fighters and bombers crash into sea off South Coast. Scrap heap composed of wrecked Luftwaffe aircraft, 26 8 40. (Issue 586)
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:NMV 587 A
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1940
Production Country: GB
Production Details: British Movietone News (Production company)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 912 ft; Running time: 10 mins