RAF Scramble (1940)

Location Unknown / Unclear. Various shots of Spitfires at RAF (Royal Air Force) base warming up ready for action. Pilots, who are relaxing in the room with cards and table tennis are given the scramble warning. They grab their gear and race for their planes. Various shots of the antiaircraft battery searching the skies during an air raid warning. Various shots of antiaircraft guns firing. (Lav.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Path