Commandos Return to Hastings After Raid on St Cecily Plage, Le Touquet 3/4 June 1942 'Operation Bristle'

Hastings pier, the old town and troops mustered along the beach are filmed from a low flying aircraft during the Second World War.

Scenes over Hastings beach on the South Coast of England, as British Army Commandos return from a raid in Northern France. Filmed from a low flying Anson aircraft, the cameraman picks out a cluster of troops along the beach and aboard vessels further out to sea. The old town and pier stand, clearly bomb damaged, in the background.