EINDECKER - VIERMOTORIG [Main Title]

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  • Title: EINDECKER - VIERMOTORIG [Main Title]
  • Film Number: GWY 1304
  • Other titles: MONOPLANE, FOUR-ENGINED [Translation]
  • Summary: An aircraft recognition training film.
  • Description: Subject to the footage available at the time, each aircraft type is shown on the ground, taxiing, taking-off, landing and in flight. (Reel 1) "Boeing" (Mk I Flying Fortress - includes some shots of a model), Fw 200. (Reel 2) Tupolev TB3 (different versions are shown on skis and on wheels, and paratroop dropping scenes are included), Ju 90, Ju 290. (Reel 3) Short Stirling, Flying Fortress II ("Beuteflugzeug" - a version with German markings is shown), Liberator, Halifax (extremely limited footage - the same scene is repeated five times) and Lancaster. The footage of British aircraft and of the Liberator is of very poor quality.
  • Alternative Title: MONOPLANE, FOUR-ENGINED [Translation]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: GWY 1304
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM-GERMAN Attribution: IWM – GWY 1304
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Production Details: Hauptfilmstelle des Reichsluftfahrtministeriums (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Avro Lancaster (object name) aircraft, British - combat: Handley Page Halifax & [-] (object name) aircraft, British - combat: Short Stirling (object name) aircraft, German - combat: Focke-Wulf Fw 200 (object name) aircraft, German - combat: Junkers Ju 290 (object name) aircraft, German - transport: Junkers Ju 90 (object name) aircraft, Russian - combat: Tupolev TB3 (object name) aircraft, United States - combat: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Mk I (object name) aircraft, United States - combat: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Mk II & [captured] & [impressed] (object name) aircraft, United States - combat: Consolidated B-24 Liberator (object name) training, German air - recognition: aircraft (object name) 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: 2571 ft; Running time: 29 mins
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