A survey of the defensive (and offensive) work of the RAF, and especially Coastal Command, over the seas around Britain.

Convoy protection (an essential prelude to the invasion of Europe) is illustrated briefly with ...

I. [Recent developments in aviation.] a. Sikorsky two-seater training Helicopter, Hoverfly I; commentary explains advantages over the autogiro. b. A Stinson Reliant demonstrates - first with a sheep, then a human - a new method of 'snatching' ...

I. "Your RAF reporter..." Reporter introduces a. Italian patriots parade in St. Mark's Square, Venice, to honour their liberators. Allied troops sightsee. Commentary emphasises value of patriots' contribution to North Italy campaign. b. ...

I. "Your RAF reporter presenting the truth to the Station Warrant Officers of the world." The reporter introduces: a. Cranwell: the King and Lord Trenchard visit the College during its 25th Anniversary Celebrations. b. A Dakota transport flies over ...

I. "Your RAF reporter..." "Your RAF reporter" introduces a. Halton Camp, RAF technical training centre (workshops, cadets' march-past, sports day). b. "Calcutta's Hyde Park" is converted into an emergency air strip. Fighters are serviced, and take- ...

START 00:00:00 Views of the railway siding at Thanbyuzayat, the start of the Burmese section of the 'Death Railway' showing open waggons and boxcars (used as temporary accommodation) in the siding; in the background, Japanese soldiers unload ...

The construction of a supply route through Burma's jungles and mountains by US troops under General Joseph Stilwell during the Second World War.

American film about the Allied victory in Burma, ...