ACK ACK [Main Title]

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  • Title: ACK ACK [Main Title]
  • Film Number: UKY 265
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  • Summary: The rôle played by anti-aircraft fire in defeating air raids - by preventing accurate bombing, or turning the enemy away as well as by bringing him down - presented in the framework of a view of an AA gun site before and during action.
  • Description: Good indication of the difficulties of accurate calculation (a plane can travel 2 miles while a shell climbs to the correct height). Film shows: some of the equipment used (rangefinder, projector), commander briefing gun crew, the men relaxing, the command post, constantly manned, an alert and "action", the stand easy. The near-casual efficiency, and fighting spirit, of the men are commended as signs of preparedness.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1941-04
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office (Production sponsor) Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Shell (Production company) Anstey, Edgar (Production individual) Baylis, Peter (Production individual) Beadle, Sidney (Production individual) Rodker, Francis (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: combat, British - anti-aircraft (object name) equipment, British military - fire control: projector (object name) equipment, British military - fire control: rangefinder (object name) intelligence, military, British - briefing: AA gun crew (object name) operations, British military - preparation (object name) recreation, British military - casual (object name) weapons, British - gun [AA] (object name) GB, England (geography) propaganda (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 312 ft; Running time: 9 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Remarks: good illustration and commentary make this film valuable as explanatory material, even if not visually very exciting.
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    UKY 265

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