Title:MPS VISIT TO ANTI-AIRCRAFT COMMAND [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 371/4
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Members of Parliament visit the Anti-Aircraft Command site at Dovercourt, Essex and see demonstrations by the mixed 554 Battery of Group 2 of Anti-Aircraft Command.
Description: View of the searchlight with spectators in the background. Men at the controls at the rear of the searchlight. The group discussing the searchlight. Major-General Whittaker explains the use of the predictor in the command post. Major Kelsey, Commanding Officer of the 554 Anti-Aircraft Battery explains the predictor to the party. Major Simpson explains the mechanism of the 3.7-inch gun to his party. William Whiteley, Chief Whip of the Labour Party, asks a question about the gun. The gun and two members of the crew. Spectators on a grandstand watching the firing of the 3.7-inch anti-aircraft gun.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
