Title:LUFTGEOGRAPHISCHER FILM VON GROSS BRITANNIEN - B: LONDON UND THEMSEGEBIET [Main Title]
Film Number:GWY 947
Other titles:AEROGEOGRAPHICAL FILM OF GREAT BRITAIN - B: LONDON AND THAMES REGION [Translation]
Summary: Aerogeographical description for Luftwaffe crews shows the salient features visible from the air of the lower Thames and London area.
Description: Maps and diagrams cover the distance between Borkum and Dagenham. Reel 2: notional flight following the Thames upstream continues past Tower Bridge (film of the bridge opening and closing to let a ship through), St Pauls Cathedral (stock shot film) and the centre of the capital (still photographs). Anti-aircraft positions are indicated by a cross. Reel 3: notional flight from Sheerness to Chatham, with detailed aerial views of the Chatham area.
Alternative Title:AEROGEOGRAPHICAL FILM OF GREAT BRITAIN - B: LONDON AND THAMES REGION [Translation]
Production Details: Generalstab der Luftwaffe, 5 Abt, Gruppe Kartenwesen (Production sponsor)
Hauptfilmstelle des Reichsluftfahrtministeriums (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords: intelligence, military, German - reconnaissance (object name)
Chatham, Kent, England, UK (geography)
GB, England & London, EC <Saint Paul's Cathedral> (geography)
GB, England & London, EC <Tower Bridge> (geography)
Sheerness, Kent, England, UK (geography)
Thames (River), England, UK (geography)
Instruction (concept)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: German
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 3
Footage: 3031 ft; Running time: 34 mins
