Flying To Battle 1942

Star Item

Description

Titles read: "FLYING TO BATTLE".

Somewhere in Britain.

C/U panning shot of a relief map of the Far and Middle East. In the RAF Meteorological Office Forecast Room weather conditions are noted before take off. In the briefing room the Station Commander comes in and talks to the crews....

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43984
Sort Number:
42/057
Time in/Out:
01:20:38:00 / 01:24:21:00
Canister:
42/57
Film ID:
1332.12
Issue Date:
16/07/1942

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
Adrenaline seekers from the past have left an indelible mark on the Pathe archive. Some were so dangerous they even lost their lives. Here are 10 top daredevils.
daredevil
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
London Airport

London Airport

Heathrow Airport 45 years ago - EMPTY! Some great panoramic shots of central London in the film.

Shackleton!...Explorer!!

Shackleton!...Explorer!!

Unveiling a statue of Ernest Shackleton in London.

Llangollen May Queen Crowned

Llangollen May Queen Crowned

Scenes showing the parade for the crowning of the May Queen, Marie Kenrick.

After Four Years

After Four Years

T. Evenson wins the International Cross Country Championship for Britain.

Tunny Season Opens In Sicily

Tunny Season Opens In Sicily

Huge catch of Tuna as the fishing season opens in the seas of Sicily.

De Groot

De Groot

The famous violinist De Groot plays 'Song of Songs'

These Hats Won't Crush

These Hats Won't Crush

Footage of latest hat from Paris that won't crush. London.

 

 

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Vertigo
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.
Transport_Inventions
Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
Himmler