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Description: I. Views from the Air Ministry roof across St James Park and to Westminster Abbey and Big Ben on St George's Day, 23 April 1941. RAF relief guard arrives. (329 ft)
II. RAF Staff meeting inside Air Ministry. Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Cyril Newall has Air Marshal Sir Charles Portal on his right, and Bowhill, Peirse and Dowding also present. left. (166 ft)
Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production sponsor)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Newall, Cyril Louis Norton (person)
Portal, Charles Frederick Algernon (person)
Bowhill, Frederick William (person)
Peirse, Richard Edmund Charles (person)
Dowding, Hugh Caswall Tremenheere (person)
Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
Keywords: administration, British - military: RAF Chiefs-of-Staff meeting (object name)
GB, England & London, WC <Air Ministry> (geography)
GB, England & London, WC <Saint James' Park> (geography)
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 495 ft; Running time: 5 mins
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