Royal Air Force Film Production Unit Movie Trailers

Naples Is a Battlefield Trailer (1944)

01 September 1944

The capture of Naples, the first great European city to be liberated, revealed the magnitude of the tasks involved in re-creating the means of livelihood and the machinery of government in a devastated, starving and disease-ridden city.

Desert Victory Trailer (1943)

12 April 1943

A featureless land fit only for war, as the narrator, J. L. Hodson stated in the early scenes: "If war was to be fought then let it begin here".

Journey Together Trailer (1945)

01 October 1945

Two Englishmen train with the Royal Air Force, ending with a bombing raid on Berlin.

Royal Air Force at War Trailer (2002)

01 January 2002

During WWII, the RAF Production Unit filmed the RAF in action in every theatre of operations. Cameramen risked their lives alongside pilots and aircrew to bring back some of the most vivid and memorable combat footage of the war.

The Aircraft Rocket, Part 4: Tactics, Section 2: Coastal Trailer (1944)

01 January 1944

One of a series of World War II-era RAF training films, this instalment instructs Coastal Command pilots on proper formation and firing techniques for interdicting enemy shipping.

The Air Plan Trailer (1945)

03 December 1945

Eric Portman narrates this 1945 retrospective account from the RAF Film Production Unit, celebrating the RAF's role in the Normandy campaign, with outstanding footage of RAF Typhoons's blitzing targets with salvos of rockets and cannon fire.

Bits of Our Aircraft Are Missing Trailer (1940)

01 January 1940

British Air Ministry short film highlighting the need for the public to stay clear of aircraft wreckage during World War II.

Front Line Airforce Trailer (1944)

01 January 1944

An explanation of the increasingly important tactical rôle of air power, and the difficulties inherent in fulfilling this rôle on occasions, exemplified by the Salerno landings.