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Sky Giant: The Story of the Avro Lancaster

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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.

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