FLYING SOLDIERS [Main Title]

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  • Title: FLYING SOLDIERS [Main Title]
  • Film Number: BFN 7
  • Other titles: COLLECTION OF LARKHILL VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Profile of training available for prospective members of the Army Air Corps (AAC).
  • Description: The training centre at Middle Wallop, Hants, where all AAC training starts: Chipmunk training aircraft and Gazelle helicopters. Scenes at the School of Aeronautical Engineering. Meteorological briefings. Flying practice around Salisbury Plain. Survival training in pool: how to escape from an aircraft downed in water. Equipment recognition. Target training using Invertron video system. Flight simulator. FHT - Final Handling Test. Senior Training Instructor is interviewed. Montage of scenes: Netheravon, Belfast, Belize, Hong Kong, Gulf. Runthrough of a typical training sortie.
  • Alternative Title: COLLECTION OF LARKHILL VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: BFN 7
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (BFN 7)
  • Featured Period: 1990-2000
  • Production Date: 1992
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Defence (Production sponsor) Army Air Corps Video Productions (Production company) Royal Artillery Video Production Centre (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: U-matic Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 60; Running time: 15 mins
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