SPITFIRES DIVING AND PILOTS SCRAMBLING [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SPITFIRES DIVING AND PILOTS SCRAMBLING [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: RMY 148-8
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  • Summary:
  • Description: I. Squadron of Spitfires is filmed flying in formation in groups of three, diving and turning, as if in a dogfight. (185 ft) II. Various takes show pilots of a Spitfire squadron playing cards and chess and sleeping, then responding to the alarm bell and scrambling towards their planes, with propellers already turning. Tented accommodation suggests airfield is emergency base. (196 ft)
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: RMY 148-8
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (RMY 148-8)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1940
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Supermarine Spitfire (object name) recreation, British air - casual (object name) operations, British air - sortie: scramble (object name)
  • 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: 381 ft; Running time: 4 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    RMY 148-8

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