(31 Dec 1942)
Good shot of RAF flag. Shot of RAF marching. CU four pilots. Pilots grouped round Spitfire. Shot of fighters and bombers of last war (British). Group of last war pilots. Hawker Harts in formation on ground. Gloster fighters laying a smoke screen. Shot of the Comet plane - winner of Schneider Trophy. Shots inside aircraft factory where they are producing Blenheims. Shots of Wellingtons taxiing and in the air. Factory where they produce Whitley bomers. Also in the air. Blenheims take-off and the air etc. Halifax bomber on the ground and in the air. Blenheim in the air. Luftwaffe in formation. Hudsons on ground and taking off. Shot of US Fortresses taking off and in the air. Airmen marching, Harvard Trainers in background. Instructional work on machine guns, bomb sights etc. Men at action stations in a bomber. Pilot tells Intelligence Officer about raid. Shot of Hurricanes landing. Being checked by Intelligence Officer. Pilots at rest, then a warning goes, they rush to fighters and squadron takes off. Men overhauling Spitfire while pilot sits in cockpit. Shots of fighters in air. (Pilot section has been cut into and make not be complete - used from 39588 or in 43466). German bombers in formation, also of Hurricanes. Shot of Nazi plane being shot to bits. Shot of British fighter attacking Nazi bomber. He then shoots it up.
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