Title reads: "Air Attack on Dover Harbour". Clips from Pathe Gazette item.
Dover, Kent.
Shots of bombers over Dover.
Barrage balloon being attacked.
Merchant ships in the English channel.
MS Cameraman in dugout filming.
Barrage balloon falling down in flames.
Various shots of 3.7 inch anti-aircraft guns firing.
Shots of dog fight between planes overhead. Shots of Spitfires and Hurricanes. Shots of pilots scrambling. Hurricane fighters take off.
Pathe gazette title reads: "Junkyard for Junkers".
Parts of damaged and cut up German planes are taken to scrap yard. Good CUs of Nazi / German emblems on wings. Scrapheap with lots of plane bits piled on it.
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