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On this day in 1940, the Battle of France began. Here is a British Movietone report with RAF planes fighting over France.
In France, the Hurricanes were taken of the German Air Force.
Various shots of the planes and their pilots. A German is sighted and the fighters take off and give battle. Cut-in of plane wrecked. The pilot returns to Earth and gets out. Group.
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