Title:WAR IN THE AIR NO 11 - FACING NEW WEAPONS [Main Title]
Film Number:COI 725
Other titles:FACING NEW WEAPONS [Alternative Title]
WAR IN THE AIR [Series Title]
Summary: The eleventh in a series of films showing the story of air power and its impact upon the world.
Description: The film shows: a bomber station somewhere in England in 1943; trials of the Gloster Whittle E28 at Farnborough in 1942; the first twin-engined squadron in action by the summer of 1944; July onwards, flying bombs being landed over London; Operation Crossbow, the capture and destruction of all the landing sites along the French coast; scenes in Paris as the main Allied units pass through; BBC News, 3rd September, giving news of German defeat in the West, East and South; Brussels being freed; the advance north during the winter; the Arnhem operation, 17-23rd September; the liberation of Holland. The film concludes with the following statement: 'Behind the cheering and the smiles lie thoughts of the third river that has to be crossed, of Germany standing undefeated beyond the Rhine and of unknown weapons waiting to be launched, of the ghosts of Arnhem and of another winter of war'.
Alternative Title:FACING NEW WEAPONS [Alternative Title]
WAR IN THE AIR [Series Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:No
Object_Number:COI 725
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1946-1975
Production Date:1954
Production Country: GB
Production Details: BBC Film Unit (Production company)
Dorte, Philip (Production individual)
Elliot, John (Production individual)
Joubert de la Ferte, Philip Bennet1887-05-211965-01-21 (Production individual)
Bliss, Arthur Edward Drummond1891-08-031975-03-27 (Production individual)
Parker, Clifton (Production individual)
London Symphony Orchestra (Production individual)
Mathieson, Muir (Production individual)
Byers, John (Production individual)
Rick, Kenneth Kino19142004 (Production individual)
Hill, Rosemary (Production individual)
Dicks, Ray (Production individual)
Taylor, Maureen (Production individual)
Edwards, Dennis (Production individual)
Pople, James (Production individual)
Crombie, Stuart (Production individual)
Phipps, Vernon (Production individual)
Elliot, John (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords:
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 3
Footage: 2787 ft; Running time: 31 mins
