3-023-478 - British Pathe Ltd/Heritage Images

Pilot and Rear Gunner of Biplane Readying Themselves To Board Their Plane With One Adjusting the Strap of His Flying Cap, 1937. Spanish Civil War. 'A strange kind of war - modern and yet curiously amateur. For, let's face it, most who fought in it were amateurs - self-taught in the hard school of urgent, violent battle. But not all amateurs, for this war was a testing ground for professionals too'. From "Time To Remember - Sense Of Values", 1937 (Reel 2); documentary film about the events of 1937, war in the Far East, build up to war in Europe.