COASTAL COMMAND OPERATIONS ROOM [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: COASTAL COMMAND OPERATIONS ROOM [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: RMY 148-6
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  • Summary: Message transcription and aircrew briefings at Coastal Command.
  • Description: I. RAF clerks (man and woman) type out signals dated 17 August 1940: "have sighted enemy submarine, am attacking; two enemy bombers in sea, send rescue craft; 200 enemy bombers sighted heading SW, standing by to intercept; enemy bombers altered course to avoid contact". (308 ft) II. Aircrews come and go through Operations Room for briefing. Map shows air-sea activity around British Isles. U-boat sunk off the Lizard is marked up. (570 ft)
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (148-6)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1940-08-17
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force, Coastal Command (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: command and control, British air: operations room (object name) communications, British military - wire (object name) intelligence, military, British - briefing: air crews (object name) GB, England (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 878 ft; Running time: 9 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Production: part of a collection of unedited film shot by official cameramen on behalf of the Royal Air Force as a record of RAF activity before the formation of the RAF Film Production Unit in September 1941
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    RMY 148-6

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