Summary: Mute print only of a short film showing the ground 'turnaround' and flight of a Valiant bomber.
Description: The title appears over a shot of the aircraft landing. In a briefing room (?) navigators make course calculations etc, while the aircraft is refuelled. The crew put on flying kit (test oxygen masks) and board a bus to be taken to the plane; while the captain visually checks the outside of the aircraft the rest of the crew take up their positions. Engines are started and, with control tower clearance, the aircraft takes off. A map indicates a flight path from England to Malta and back by different routes, one route via Bordeaux. The aircraft comes in to land: insignia indicate it belongs to No 7 Squadron.
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force, Sqdn 7 (regiment/service)
Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Vickers Valiant (object name)
operations, British air - preparation (object name)
operations, British air - routine: 'turnaround (object name)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 457 ft; Running time: 5 mins
