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France Actualites, June 18, 1943
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produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1943, originally published 1943), 15 mins
produced by France Actualites and Les Actualites Mondiales, in France Actualites (Bry-sur-Marne, Ile de France, 1943, originally published 1943), 15 mins
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Gladiators of World War II, 6, RAF Fighter Command
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directed by Charles Messenger; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Gladiators of World War II, 6 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2001, originally published 2001), 49 mins
‘Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few’. In the skies over Southern England in the summer of 1940 the Gladiators of RAF Fighter Command duelled with the German Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain. Winston Churchill called it ‘Britain’s finest hour’. Heavily outnumbered...
directed by Charles Messenger; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Gladiators of World War II, 6 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2001, originally published 2001), 49 mins
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Great Raids of World War II, 3, Radar Beam Raiders
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directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Great Raids of World War II, 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 24 mins
As the British Royal Air Force Bomber Command began to strike back at Nazi Germany, it was soon suffering unsustainable losses from the Nazi air defence system. At its heart were as yet unidentified radar systems using wavelengths which urgently needed to be cracked. At last, in December 1941, a key German radar i...
directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Great Raids of World War II, 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 24 mins
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Weapons of World War II, 5, Fighter Bombers
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directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Weapons of World War II, 5 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 24 mins
By 1944, the Allied fronts in both western and eastern Europe had become faster moving and a new form of aircraft was needed to deliver swift, powerful attacks against German lines.This programme looks at the key fighter-bombers on all sides, including the American Thunderbolt, the Russian Sturmovik, and the Briti...
directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Weapons of World War II, 5 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 24 mins
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