BOMBER COMMAND INVESTITURE AND BLENHEIMS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BOMBER COMMAND INVESTITURE AND BLENHEIMS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: RMY 148-4
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: Collection of unedited RAF footage.
  • Description: I. RAF flag on mast. (30 ft) II. Air Marshal Sir Charles Portal presents medals to RAF Sergeant navigators of Bomber Command at airfield. Marchpast. (126 ft) III. Blenheim IVs of Squadrons 110, 15 and 82 (which all bombed invasion barges in Channel ports) stand on airfield, with Portal's Percival Q6 in foreground. (56 ft) IV. Blenheim IV. (22 ft) V. Underexposed version of item III. (19 ft) VI. Portal presents medals to RAF Sergeant navigators, Bomber Command at airfield. Wounded Sergeant receives his award in a wheelchair. (95 ft) VII. Blenheim IVs of 105 Squadron taxi on Watton (?) airfield. (30 ft) VIII. Percival Q6 taxi plane, presumably bringing Portal to investiture (item III), parks by Blenheim IVs. (23 ft) IX. Second camera records investiture (item III) by Portal and marchpast. Portal examines and climbs into Blenheim IV. (96 ft)
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1941
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Portal, Charles Frederick Algernon (person) Royal Air Force, Sqdn, 15 (regiment/service) Royal Air Force, Sqdn, 82 (regiment/service) Royal Air Force, Sqdn, 105 (regiment/service) Royal Air Force, Sqdn, 110 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Bristol Blenheim (object name) aircraft, British - transport: Percival Q6 (object name) ceremonies, British - event-related: investiture (object name)
  • 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: 497 ft; Running time: 5 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Production: part of a collection of unedited film shot by official cameramen on behalf of the Royal Air Force as a record of RAF activity before the formation of the RAF Film Production Unit in September 1941
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    RMY 148-4

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