Brtish convoy survives lengthy coastal bombardment from French ports (1940)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit British convoy’s enounter with ninety-minute coastal bombardment and air attack by Nazi German military, beats off intruders with help from Royal Air Force and Royal Navy Full Description: Gaumont British Ident SLATE INFORMATION: British Convoy Beats the Bombardment ENGLAND: English Channel: EXT SHIPPING Convoy bombarded French Coast Navy - Active; Airforce - Active; Ships and Boats World War II, World War 2, WWII, Second World War, war, convoys, blockade, guns, ship, ships, ranks, rank, merchantmen, merchantman, destroyers, naval, big guns, Germany, barrage, shell, shelling, shelled, shells, Luftwaffe, reconnaissance, spotter, RAF, RN, shore, defence, defenses, defences, defense, battery, explosives, Straits of Dover, bracket, bracketed, sailor, sailors, smokescreen, smoke, target, targets, convoy, bombard, bom