Sky Giant | The Story of the Avro Lancaster (1943)
Channel: Armoured Archivist
Date: 14/06/2023

The story of the Avro Lancaster strategic bomber produced by British Movietone News as a tribute to "the most powerful and efficient bomber in the world, and one of the most important war-winning weapons".
Shows a production line of four-engined Lancasters and features workers handling tools and machinery. Scenes include pre-delivery flight testing of a Lancaster and footage of a bomber raid over Germany.
This Ministry of Information presentation for the Ministry of Aircraft Production, produced in 1942 and released in 1943.