MAINTENANCE WORK ON ME 163B [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: MAINTENANCE WORK ON ME 163B [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: GWY 1320
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  • Summary: A short film showing some maintenance work on an Me 163B.
  • Description: An Me 163B with its tail unit removed to expose the rocket motor is seen outside a hangar (an Me 262 and an Me 210/410 are also seen in the background). The instrument panel inside the cockpit is shown. Some mechanics (rather half-heartedly) perform some tests on the motor.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: GWY 1320
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM-GERMAN Attribution: IWM – GWY 1320
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944
  • Production Country: Germany
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  • Keywords: aircraft, German - combat: Messerschmitt Me 163B Komet (object name) equipment, German air - propulsion: rocket motor (object name) operations, German air - maintenance (object name) Germany (geography) 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: 257 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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    GWY 1320

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