BALKAN AIR FORCE ACTIVITIES [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BALKAN AIR FORCE ACTIVITIES [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AAY 240
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: Activity at Canne aerodrome, Italy
  • Description: (Reel 1) (Roll 32, 2/3/1945) Air to air shots of a single Spitfire firing its cannon. Shots of the airfield as the camera aircraft flies over and lands. Staged close-up shot of pilot's hands using Spitfire controls and pressing firing button. (Reel 2) (Roll 33, 34 or 35? - no slate) Air to air shots of six BAF Spitfires in flight (including the one appearing in reel 1). (Roll 36, 5/3/1945) Air to air shots of several Spitfires (markings differ from those in previous roll) and Airacobras in flight. On the ground, a Spitfire taxies past for take off. (Reel 3) (Roll 39, 8/3/1945) Shot of ground crewman with signal lamp. Spitfires taxi past and take off. Airacobras taxi past. (Reel 4) (Roll 40, 8/3/1945) Bell Airacobras of the BAF (Balkan Air Force) are seen taxiing past (in close up) across Sommerfeld tracking and then taking off. Three Airacobras make a number of passes over the airfield. Other aircraft (a Handley Page Harvard and a Hawker Hurricane) are briefly glimpsed parked in the background.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-03-08
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production sponsor) RAF Film Production Unit No 2 (Production company) Coop, Eric W (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Balkan Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Supermarine Spitfire & [Yugoslav] (object name) aircraft, United States - combat: Bell P-39 Airacobra & [Yugoslav] (object name) combat [simulated], Yugoslav air strike (object name) Italy & Canne, Apulia (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 4 Footage: 399 ft; Running time: 11 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Production: see note to AAY 233 Technical: reels 3 and 4 relatively poor picture quality Filmed by Eric Coop of No 2 RAF Film Unit although there appears to be no official dope sheet or "A" series number. Filmed on Kodachrome stock.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AAY 240

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