Title:RFC HISTORY : edited interview with Tim Harvey [Allocated Title]
Film Number:IWM 1138
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Summary: An interview with Tim Harvey, a veteran of the Royal Flying Corps.
Description: After a brief voice-over account of the setting up of the RFC, war veteran Tim Harvey recounts some of his experiences. Training, posting to France, various hardships - planes being shot down, poor quality construction of some aircraft etc. His plane is badly damaged by von Richthofen during a dogfight. Soon afterwards, he is shot down behind enemy lines and taken prisoner - he is treated well by the Germans. Voice-over narrates the closing history of the RFC; some of its heroes are pictured, the post-war development of the RAF is summarised. Still of figures on a hillside (RFC members) spelling out the honours received by its pilots during the war (VC 15, DSO 235, MC 905, DSC 287). Throughout, the colour interview footage is interspersed with B&W archive footage of RFC activity during the First World War.
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Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:IWM 1138
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM: PROJECTION PRINT ONLY - NOT FOR PRODUCTION USE
Featured Period:1919-1938
Production Date:1977
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Anglia Television (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Harvey, Tim (person)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: None
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 16mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 366 ft; Running time: 10 mins
