Hear and see the heroes of the Second World War in action and talking
about our common past.....in the Multimedia Exhibition.
Movie
clip trailer Wright
Brothers’ Plane (avi) (Quick
Time)(RealVideo) 28K
Movie
clip trailer about Adolf Hitler (avi) (Quick
Time)(RealVideo) 28K
(WPA
Film Library)
From
Hitler's Home Movies -- Hitler dancing.
60600
K silent .avi OR MPEG
format (259 K silent .mpg)
Neville
Chamberlain proudly displaying Hitler's autograph (225K silent .mpg)
Declaration
of War by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain, at
11.15am BBC Announcement by Alvar Lidell
Air
raid warnings procedures. BBC Announcements
Schools
closed for at least a week. Keep off the streets as much as possible.Carry
your gas masks with you always. BBC Announcements
Movie
clip from the Museum of Berkshire aviation Miles
Master II film dated from 1946 in colour. http://www.crosswinds.net/%7Eaero51/MilesII.html
also
http://www.bigwig.net/museumofberkshireaviation/film.htm
Winston Churchill, British prime
minister. On
the Battle of France
Winston Churchill, British prime
minister,
Inaugurates the Battle of Britain
Flight
over HMS Rodney (5 secs) 320x240 pixels 842k
(MPG) HMS Rodney web
Remembering
the Dunkirk Evacuation by a veteran (Discovery Channel).
Battle
of Britain fighter pilots recollect
Remembering
the Blitz (Discovery Channel)
Movie
extracts from the wartime film Operation Pedestal with clips of Operation
Pedestal the beginning, featuring HMS Eagle, The
Heavy Escort Forms up featuring HMS Formidable, Down
to the Mediterranean featuring HMS Furious.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme Allied
commander,
Broadcasts
D-Day invasion order
Movie
clip trailer from Normandy Invasion (avi) (Quick
Time)(RealVideo) 28K (WPA
Film Library)
George
Hick's Live Report on D-Day
Fleet Air Arm Telegraphist Air Gunner
(TAG) Derek Foster (825 squadron Fleet Air Arm) recollects HMS Victorious,
as part of Taskforce 57 1945. Click
here for the audio clip. His collection is in the Second
World War Experience Centre
VJ-day
announcement and celebrations
