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Locations
B29 Training Film - Flight Procedures - 1944
B29 Pre-Flight Procedures
B29 crew arrive and are checked by pilot
Pilot boards the B29 and is followed by crew and internal pre-flight
checks are carried out
Prepare for take-off as engines started
B29 starts to taxi towards the runway
B29 takes off
Post take-off-procedures
B29 at cruising altitude
B29's defensive gun system checked and demonstrated
Pre-landing procedures
B29 comes in to land
B29 lands, then post-flight procedures
B29 crew disemback
Battle Of London - 1940
Houses of Parliament
St Paul's Cathedral
Troops Entertain at the Royal Exchange
Commonwealth Troops relax in London
Observers Scan Night Sky
Anti-Aircraft guns in action
Heinkel HE-111 bombers over London at night
Tower bridge in the morning
Scenes of destruction in London
Bomb Disposal squad
Air Raid Siren sounds and people prepare for another attack
Barrage Balloon is pulled down and repaired
Wrecks of downed German aircraft
Bomb shelters
Anti Aircraft guns are fired during the night raid
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