WHITE HELMETS [Main Title]

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  • Title: WHITE HELMETS [Main Title]
  • Film Number: COI 1082
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  • Summary: Short film filler about the White Helmets motorcycle team.
  • Description: "There's a crack motorcycle display team in the army called the White Helmets," a narrator informs us, "here's how good they are". The rest of the film shows a series of stunts by the team: jumping up ramps and over cars, leaping through fiery hoops, driving in formation, performing acrobatics (including a "human pyramid"). Team van is visible in the background.
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  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: COI 1082
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (COI 1082)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1970
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, White Helmets motorcycle team (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ceremonies, British - display: army motorcycle display (object name) transport, British military - 2/3 wheel: motorcycle (object name) GB, England (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 203 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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    COI 1082

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