I."Build new Philippines! Fight for greater East Asia! Air attacks over Hawaii!" Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Commentary announces that Nippon declared war on the USA and Great Britain on 8 December 1941; map of Pacific region. Kaga and ...
An ambiguous piece of undocumented ...
"Malta blitz greets new Governor."
RAF Film Unit coverage of scenes during an air raid on Malta shows the attack, and then life carrying on after the sounding of the 'all clear'. Lord Gort arrives, bringing with him ...
British newsreel covering the British retreat through Burma, an exclusive report by British Paramount cameraman Maurice Ford.
Opening titles "Burma. A War Correspondent's Despatch. Film and Story by Maurice Ford". A ...
I. Film opens by listing outstanding RAF events of the year (then continues with two newsreel items) which show that 1942 was the year of passing to the offensive. Outstanding achievements listed include Fighter Command's great sweeps, 1000-bomber ...
Unedited material of RAF activity in Gibraltar. No combat footage.
Main subject is the Special Erection Party assembling Spitfires and test flights in mid-1942, prior to Operation Torch; for a shot by shot analysis ...
I. "The Promise of 1942." Survey of major political and military developments of 1942 which started inauspiciously with the loss of Singapore (peacetime views and evacuation of civilians) and ended encouragingly with success in North Africa and the ...
I. "Italy blitzed!" Scenes of the production of "even bigger and more beautiful bombs" (filling 2000-lb casings with explosives) introduce aerial film of a night raid on Genoa. Flares and bombs explode over a wide area as the commentary justifies ...
I. "African Troops In Madagascar." African troops disembark in order to protect Britain's sea-lines and to save the island "from being bartered to the enemy by the treachery of Vichy marionettes". Fake tom tom music accompanies a view of the troops ...
I. "News from Ceylon." Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton, Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon, and Sir Henry Turnbull, Officer in Command, are escorted by elephants when they visit an ancient Buddhist temple at Kelaniya. Monks watch the procession. The Admiral ...
I. "They must see in the dark." Airmen selected for night flying undergo a series of eye tests and corrective exercises at an RAF ophthalmic centre.
II. "Stirlings in the making." Stirling towed out of hangar. Production scenes show the ...
I. "Factory beats bomber." a. A munitions factory damaged in a tip and run raid manages to resume production after only five days. Workers step through rubble to reach factory while victims of the raid sit smiling in hospital. RAF officer explains the ...
