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- Drama based on the attempt by the RAF to destroy six dams in Germany during World War II.
- A secret London school trains a motley group of men and women for sabotage work in German occupied Belgium during World War II. When one of them is captured by the Germans, five others are parachuted in to rescue him.
- Professor Bernard Quatermass' manned rocket ship returns to Earth, but two of the astronauts are missing and the survivor seems ill and unable to communicate.
- During a raid on Germany a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged. They land in Holland and are aided by Dutch civilians.
- The story of an RAF fighter squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain.
- Biopic of RAF Group Captain Douglas Bader who, after having lost both legs, flew a British fighter plane during WWII.
- 1942 and the island of Malta is battling for survival. The threat of invasion by Axis forces is increasing as air raids wear down its defence. Entering this maelstrom is Flight Lieutenant Peter Ross, an RAF photo-reconnaissance pilot.
- In World War II Burma, a Canadian bomber pilot becomes reckless after losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air-raid.
- War drama about the dangerous and stressful work of Lancaster bomber British crews during World War II.
- On a routine flight from Hong Kong to Japan, a British military transport aircraft's fate may or may not depend on a prophetic nightmare.
- True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany.
- During WW2, a French woman living in England volunteers to work for British Intelligence in Nazi-occupied France.
- In 1949, during the Chinese Civil War, British warship H.M.S. Amethyst sails up the Yangtse river but on the return trip, finds its way blocked by a barrage of fire from the Communist Chinese shore batteries.
- During WW2, Italian Navy divers use underwater chariots to mine the keels of British warships, forcing the British to send underwater demolition expert Lionel Crabbe and his team to counter these enemy actions.
- On the eve of WWII, a British journalist is sent to neutral Norway to report on the possible Nazi intentions there; later he's tasked with a secret combat mission after Germany invades that country.
- In 1940, an American claiming to be Canadian volunteers for the British Army's paratroop school.
- During World War II, British commandos are sent to destroy a Luftwaffe airfield on a Greek island.
- Three British spies and a French resistance fighter sneak into occupied France to gather information about the German forces for a planned invasion.
- Wartime commando story based on fact. Allied airman risks return (on the ground) to occupied Belgium for the honour of his regiment.
- The story of flyer Amy Johnson who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.
- In 1954, the BBC produced an outstanding documentary series on aerial warfare from 1935 to 1950, comprising fifteen half hour shows that was aired on the first Monday after Remembrance Sunday. Taking two years to make, and compiled from nearly 12 million feet of Allied and enemy film footage, there had been little to compare with it in terms of scale, depth and content. This landmark series represents an important piece of television history and will give every viewer an honest telling of the development of airpower. Some of the highlights include; amazing footage taken from the nose of a Mosquito during low level attacks, camera's placed on the wings of various aircraft and a dozen other earth grazing operations. This series will make your hair stand up on end.
- An RAF officer wishes to fly, but isn't allowed and is posted to the RAF Air Sea Rescue operating in the English Channel.
- A pilot loses his memory after a plane crash. A good friend helps him to remember his past by talking about a transport plane they built together.
- An instructional film on methods of camouflage during wartime.
- Training film providing instruction for landings on aircraft carriers.
- A short documentary about RAF 111 squadron and the 'Black Arrows' aerobatic team. The documentary includes aspects of the squadron ground crew, and finishes with some aerial shots of the Black Arrows practicing their display maneuvers.
- A military training film dramatizing three members of the Home Guard discovering German wireless operators and how they dealt with them. The latter half of the film is instructional showing methods of attack and defense, illustrating how an unarmed man can deal effectively with the enemy. Part 1: Three Home Guard notice an abandoned house has a light on. Leaving one to guard the back door, the other two investigate why the occupants are not abiding by the blackout. The man in the house insists he is Belgian . While he is out of the room fetching his papers the Home Guard check his jacket and discover he is German. They search the house and find the "Belgian" and two other Germans using a wireless. The Home Guard have no ammunition and begin to fight. They are overcome and killed. The Home Guard at the back door is also disposed of, the sound of planes can be heard, parachutes descend and the Nazis invade. Part 2: The faults of the Home Guard's attack are highlighted in a re-showing of the previous scene. The vulnerable points of the body are indicated ie. the fork (genital area), chin, fore and upper arms, back and side of neck, kidneys, base of spine, Adam's apple, shin and the instep. An actor kitted out in German regalia faces an English soldier and all the possible components of unarmed combat are shown in a slow static and detailed manner. Includes - the German helmet as a weapon; bending the little finger back; much attention to the fork; Japanese stranglehold; avoiding punches; defense against rifle/bayonet; dealing with a hold-up from side, rear and front angles (montage) and how to disarm a sentry. Part 3:The Handcuff hold; trussing a prisoner up with no less than seven yards of rope. Reiteration of necessity for expertise in unarmed combat both at home and abroad. A dramatization of English soldiers landing in occupied France to capture a Nazi HQ. Using the principles from the instructional section of reel 2, the Englishmen defend themselves and their country against the Germans; tying up the sentry, taking the German officers prisoner and chalking a "V" for victory on the HQ door. A possible invasion (for that is what the Germans had been discussing prior to capture) prevented by unarmed combat techniques.
- Brief summary of the Berlin airlift taken from newsreel material.