Narrated by alistair cooke, this wwii documentary on britain’s defence over the years 1940 – 1941 features dramatic original british and german material, including air to air footage of battle of britain dogfights and images of british cities under the blitz. Broadcaster alistair cooke narrates this world war two documentary detailing the defence of britain against the german luftwaffe’s onslaught over the course of a year from 10th may 1940 to 10th may 1941. Based on original and dramatic film taken from both british and german sources, the film includes air to air footage of dogfights during the battle of britain and images of british cities enduring the blitz.