Other titles:THE BATTLE OF THE BEAMS [Main Title]
TO SEE FOR A HUNDRED MILES [Main Title]
TERROR WEAPONS [Main Title]
IF ... [Main Title]
Summary: Television programmes examine British and German technological developments and inventions in the Second World War: countering of German radio beams used by Luftwaffe for guiding night bombers to targets in Britain (Professor R V Jones); radar; discovery of V1 Vergeltungswaffe in 1944; prototype weapons including British Giant Panjandrum, German Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant glider (Hanna Reitsch), and German and British jets including Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet; countering German magnetic mines; penetration by British Intelligence of German Enigma codes; submarine warfare and anti-submarine defences in the Battle of the Atlantic (recalled by U-boat commanders).
Description:
Alternative Title:THE BATTLE OF THE BEAMS [Main Title]
TO SEE FOR A HUNDRED MILES [Main Title]
TERROR WEAPONS [Main Title]
IF ... [Main Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:MGH 1343-MGH 1349
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM: FOR REFERENCE ONLY BY INDIVIDUALS UNDERTAKING NON-COMMERCIAL RESEARCH
Featured Period:
Production Date:1978
Production Country: GB
Production Details: BBC (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords:
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: VHS
Number of items/reels/tapes: 3
Running time: 351 mins
