RAF SIGNAL AND OBSERVATION POST [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RAF SIGNAL AND OBSERVATION POST [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 297-3
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The 14 Wireless Unit, RAF, at an observation post in an ancient Greek fort outside Tocra
  • Description: The Observer's report of a plane is passed to the wireless van and given to the wireless operator who relays it to HQ, 212 Group Control Base, who are stationed at Matubah and Benina.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-12-15
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Lambert, R P (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Tocra, Libya (geography) Western Desert 1940-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event) North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 200 ft (ca); Running time: 2 mins
  • Notes: Technical: all three parts of AYY 297 are held on the same reel.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 297-3

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