Description: Crews of Boston bombers attend open-air briefing at English airfield before making their way to their planes and taking off for a raid over France. Targets are St Malo and a chemical works near Lille. Lancasters take off in the moonlight for a raid on a German city. Aerial film shows fires flickering far below while the commentary emphasises that these RAF raids are bigger than any Luftwaffe raids on Britain.
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:RMY 150
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1942-08-20
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Pathe (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Avro Lancaster (object name)
aircraft, United States - combat: Douglas Boston & [British] (object name)
combat, British - air raid (object name)
intelligence, military, British - briefing (object name)
operations, British air - sortie (object name)
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: 751 ft; Running time: 8 mins
