PLANES TO RUSSIA [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: PLANES TO RUSSIA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 396/12
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The RAF, Americans and Russians working together on assembling planes for Russia at a US Army Air Force base at Abadan, Persia [Iran].
  • Description: Close-up of a Red Star being painted on a Kittyhawk by Private First Class S Ancy from Missouri. Kittyhawks being filled with petrol before taking off for Russia. An Airacobra is wheeled out of the hangar. A Boston Bomber has its engines tested. A line of Boston Bombers. Panning shot of the hangar with an Advanced Trainer Type 6 and two Russian men talking before taking off. Master Sergeant Leon H Byrd from Alabama of the US Army Air Forces shows a Russian officer over the Advanced Trainer 6. RAF mechanics make final adjustments to a Spitfire before handing it over to the Russians.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04-19
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Slade, Maxie J (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: United States Army Air Forces (regiment/service) Russian (Soviet) Air Force (regiment/service) Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Abadan, Iran (geography) Middle East 1941-1944, Second World War (event) Middle East 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 97 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 396/12

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