THE GOLDEN JUBILEE OF THE RFC [Main Title]

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  • Title: THE GOLDEN JUBILEE OF THE RFC [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1030
  • Other titles: JUBILEE 1912-1962 (rough material ?) [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Stockshot material of the work of the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service, and Royal Air Force in the First World War.
  • Description: A BE2 spots for a 12-inch howitzer, transmitting instructions by morse. An RE7 comes in to land. A Lewis gun is checked before being taken on patrol by a Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter of 45 Squadron. A Fairey FIII seaplane is lifted out onto the deck of a ship and launched by means of a trolley and platform. A Sopwith Camel on ditching trials lands in the water at the Isle of Dogs. A Bristol Fighter of 48 Squadron comes in to land after a patrol and the crew is debriefed. An FE2 of 20 Squadron is prepared for a sortie. The squadron takes off. A (unique) view of some 'model' training trenches in England. A Farman Shorthorn in flight. The FE2s coming back to land. A German squadron prepares and takes off in Fokker DVIIs. British anti-aircraft crews with lorry-mounted 13-pounder anti-aircraft guns. Handley Page 0/400 bombers, probably of 41 Wing RAF, are bombed up for a raid and shown (unique) taking off. Bristol Fighters of 1 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, take off for a patrol in Palestine and come back to land. A training flight by an Avro 504 coming back in to land. Royal Naval Air Service officers receiving open-air instruction. A gunner and pilot being trained in a flight simulator. A pilot taking off in an Avro 504 at Heliopolis, Egypt. A line of Sopwith Camels on the Western Front taking off. Exercises in air cooperation with advancing Cavalry. A Short 184 seaplane being launched and overflying destroyers. The airship SSZ3, along with another SSZ Type, takes off. A sortie by airship C24.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 1030)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1962
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force, Royal Flying Corps (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Royal Naval Air Service (regiment/service) Royal Air Force (regiment/service) Imperial German Army, Air Service (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Handley Page 0/400 (object name) aircraft, British naval - airship: SSZ3 (object name) aircraft, British naval - airship: C24 (object name) aircraft, German - combat: Fokker DVII (object name) 01/3(4-15) (event) 01/3(569).6 (event) France (geography) Palestine (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 733 ft; Running time: 33 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Production: this material may be the original film given by the IWM to the Central Office of Information for the making of COI 296 JUBILEE 1912-1962 Summary: all this material comes from existing IWM films, with the exceptions noted. See in particular IWM 28, IWM 38, IWM 130/03+04, IWM 141, IWM 175, IWM 218, IWM 234, IWM 470, IWM 629, IWM 648 and IWM 871 Remarks: whoever put this compilation together was addicted to the half-second shot montage, and not to logical or historical continuity
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 1030

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    COI 296 (JUBILEE 1912-1962 : the story of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force [Main Title])
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