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RAF Eagle Squadron

Reel Number: 220344-10

Color: Black and White and Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1940s,1980s

Country: England,France,United Kingdom,USA

Location: Paris

TC Begins: 08:49:58

TC Ends: 08:55:10

Duration: 00:05:12

RAF Eagle Squadron Air Force Now Drawings Title: ?? re flying for RAF Eagle Squadron Summer 1940 Old man, Retired Col. Edwin Dale Taylor, gets photo album out of old memorabilia box. Stills of himself as young officer. Eagle Squadron poster. 08:51:29 Nazi troops march into Paris - Cover monument with Nazi flag. Hitler w/ Goering. Hitler looks into telescope. Luftwaffe takes off towards British coast. English people listen to radio - Churchill audio 04Jun40 speech “we shall fight on the beaches...” over images of British artillery troops fighting in various situations. Churchill. British look at sky with binoculars - German planes past. 08:52:24 US pilots into planes. USAAF with RAF pilots on ground talking. Ringing bell & pilots rush to Spitfire planes / scramble & takeoff. In flight. Gun camera footage. CU pilot in cockpit on mission. Landing. Headline & picture re Major Taylor awarded medal. 31Jul42 return from mission - Spitfires - German fighters FW-190 attack Spitfires. Focke-Wulfe shot down in flames. 08:54:26 Eagle squadron marching & military ceremony. US Flag hoisted w/ RAF ensign flag as US enters WWII in England. Bombing POV from plane & portraits of dead servicemen superimposed.

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