15th September 1940: This Day Saved the World

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

71

Date Released

14 Sep 1942

Stories in this Issue:

1. 115th September 1940: This Day Saved the World

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

The Battle of Britain. The home front - civilians in uniform, fire fighting during blitz, civil defence etc. Manufacture of guns; AA guns in action; wreckage on the day after the raid. British victories in African Desert; fighting in Eritrea; British ships keep life line open. Production of more and more armaments. By Spring 1941 Britain is sufficiently prepared to attack Germany. RAF offensive begins. Abyssinia - Italians surrender. Surrender of the Duke of Aosta to the British. Delivery of vehicles by British for use in the Libyan Campaign. Commando raids on Western Europe. Italian prisoners from Benghazi, Libya.

Keywords

Royalty; Ships and boats; Weapons; Aviation; Industry and manufacture; Ceremonies; War damage; Prisoners of war; 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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