FLUGBOOTE [Main Title]

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  • Title: FLUGBOOTE [Main Title]
  • Film Number: GWY 1306
  • Other titles: FLYING BOATS [Translation]
  • Summary: An aircraft recognition training film.
  • Description: Subject to the footage available at the time, each aircraft is seen at rest, taxiing, taking-off, landing and in flight, both singly and occasionally in groups. (Reel 1) Do 18 (in both civil and military markings), Beriev MBR-2 (a single shot, repeated three times), Do 26 (including one catapulted from a ship), Catalina (a large formation is included). (Reel 2) Bv 138, Do 24 (both civil and military), Sunderland (but also includes a Short S.30 being refuelled in flight by a Harrow), Boeing 314A. (Reel 3) Bv 222, Cant Z 501 (limited footage).
  • Alternative Title: FLYING BOATS [Translation]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: GWY 1306
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM-GERMAN Attribution: IWM – GWY 1306
  • 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: Handley Page Harrow (object name) aircraft, British - seaplane: Short S30 (object name) aircraft, British - seaplane: Short Sunderland (object name) aircraft, German - seaplane: Blohm und Voss Bv 138 (object name) aircraft, German - seaplane: Blohm und Voss Bv 222 (object name) aircraft, German - seaplane: Dornier Do 18 (object name) aircraft, German - seaplane: Dornier Do 24 (object name) aircraft, German - seaplane: Dornier Do 26 (object name) aircraft, Italian - seaplane: CRDA Cant Z 501 & [-] (object name) aircraft, Russian - seaplane: Beriev MBR-2 & [-] (object name) aircraft, United States - seaplane: Boeing 314A (object name) aircraft, United States - seaplane: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina (object name) training, German air - recognition: seaplanes (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: 1875 ft; Running time: 21 mins
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