FOCKE ACHGELIS FA 330 GYRO KITE [Main Title]

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  • Title: FOCKE ACHGELIS FA 330 GYRO KITE [Main Title]
  • Film Number: GWY 792
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  • Summary: Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze (Water Wagtail) gyro kite flight demonstration above U-Boat.
  • Description: Ocean-going Type IX U-Boat is cruising offshore while sailors open up a hatch where the dismantled gyro kite is stowed and quickly assemble it on deck. The pilot takes his seat and the Bachstelze takes off, flying high above the U-Boat before being winched back on deck by its towing cable. Film then shows the Bachstelze taking off again and landing and communication between the pilot and the U-Boat via a telephone cable.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: GWY 792
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM-GERMAN Attribution: IWM – GWY 792
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Production Details: Reinfeldt (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: German Navy (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, German naval - submarine: Type IX (object name) aircraft, German naval - autogyro: Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze (Water Wagtail) & [+] (object name) operations, German naval - routine (object name) training, German naval air - specialist: helicopter (object name) Instruction (concept)
  • 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: 883 ft; Running time: 9 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    GWY 792

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    GWY 1531 (FREIFLUG MIT DEM TRAGSCHRAUBER F.A.330 (BACHSTELZE) [Main Title])
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