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Malta’s Air Defence

Series

Series Name
War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.
16
Date Released
21 Apr 1941
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1General De Gaulle Entertained at British Embassy in Cairo
  2. 2Malta’s Air Defence
  3. 3Battle of the Matapan
  4. 4Reinforcements for Greece
  5. 5Fall of Asmara
  6. 6Adi Ugri

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
People go about normal work, unconcerned at the threat of air attack. Sirens sound; enemy planes are approaching; Maltese AA guns open up. The streets empty; people make for shelters; aircraft are driven off; all clear sounds and things are back to normal.
Keywords
Weapons; Aviation; War damage; Civil defence; Military
Credits:
Commentator
Rex Keating

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
Email
film@iwm.org.uk
Web
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film
Phone
020 7416 5291
Fax
020 7416 5379
Address
Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ
Notes
The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.
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