Spitfire

Britain's Latest Air Fighter AKA Britain's New Fighter (1938)

The first pictures of the new Spitfire Single Seater Fighter aeroplanes in flight.

Rocket Firing Spitfire (1949)

Rocket firing Spitfires at RAF gunnery school, Leconfield, Yorks.

Spitfire Beats Jet (1948)

Lettice Curtis sets a new international women's speed record at air race in Lympne, Kent.

The Last Spitfire (1945)

Morris Motors factory change from fighter planes to post-war car production.

Spitfire In Air (1944)

Good footage of Spitfires in flight.

D-Day Plus Invasion Scenes (1944)

Material showing soldiers around the time of D-day. France.

Sicily - Nearing The End (1943)

Allied troops advancing across the island of Sicily.

Canadian Raid On Dieppe AKA Dieppe Landings

Canadian and British troops are hit hard as they attempt to land at Dieppe. Graphic scenes.

The Spirit Of The RAF (1941)

Airmen recuperating in an RAF hospital, plus squadron of Spitfires taking off - a gift from Burma.

Spitfires In The Making (1941)

A look a work of Spitfire aeroplane factory.

Spitfires - Kenley Fighter Station (1940)

Good shots of Spitfire fighters scrambling to take off.

Spitfire Takes Off (1940)

Spitfire takes off.

Making Airfield After D-Day Landings (1944)

Material showing British troops building airfield, Spitfires flying, and fleet of ships at sea.

Aeroplanes (1940)

Material of a Spitfire stuck in water, and D.C.3 aeroplanes landing on airfield.

Major De Seversky Tries Out New Us Fighter At Southampton (1939)

Footage of a Spitfire in flight and also a new American fighter at Southampton in Hampshire.

Duxford / Squadrons Of Planes Take-Off (1939)

Aeroplanes including Spitfires in flight and taking off from RAF Duxford in Cambridgeshire.

Spitfires / Latest Jets (1950)

Shots of two generations of fighter planes - Spitfires and modern jets.