Summary: Paris power station devastated in low-level attack.
Description: Fighting French aircrews climb into Bostons with Croix de Lorraine markings and take off. Flying low over the white cliffs of the south coast, planes cross the French coast and pass at tree-top level over the countryside. Free French show special courage by "destroying a part of the land they love so that one day the whole of their land may be free. A badly-aimed bomb can easily kill a loved one". Aerial views of bomb explosions. German-controlled Radio Paris is said to have admitted damage caused. Commentary fades into Marseillaise, claiming such raids exemplify "the truest kind of patriotism".
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:
Object_Number:RMY 60-5
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1943
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Gaumont British (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force, Sqdn, 342 (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force, Free French personnel (regiment/service)
Keywords: aircraft, United States - combat: Douglas Boston & [British] (object name)
combat, French [Free French] - air raid (object name)
destruction, French military - aimed: bomb (object name)
English Channel (geography)
Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 540 ft; Running time: 6 mins
