MOSQUITO DAY RAID [Main Title]

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  • Title: MOSQUITO DAY RAID [Main Title]
  • Film Number: ARY 17-22
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  • Summary: Mosquitos are prepared for a daylight raid.
  • Description: Two armourers come out of the camouflaged bomb dump and sit down. A bomb train moves off. The rest of the reel comprises good shots of a Mk IV Mosquito bomber being prepared for a raid. Scenes include engine fitters at work and under supervision, refuelling, armourers preparing bombs and bombing up. There are also shots taken of the crew supposedly at work 'in flight'.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-09
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production sponsor) RAF Film Production Unit (Production company) Hill, James1919-08-011994-10-07 (Production individual) Kelly, Graham White "Skeets"19131970Second World War cameraman (RAF Film Production Unit); later an accomplished film cameraman. Killed shooting aerial footage for the film Zeppelin in 1970. (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force, Sqdn 105 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: weapons, British air - bomb: 500 pound (object name) aircraft, British - combat: De Havilland Mosquito Mk 4 (object name) operations, British air - maintenance (object name) operations, British air - routine: refuelling (object name) operations, British air - preparation: bombing up (object name) GB, England & Horsham St Faith, Norfolk <RAF Station> (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: 1186 ft; Running time: 13 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Summary: No descriptive documentation held. These shots were taken for an abandoned project.
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    ARY 17-22

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