ROYAL NAVY AIRCRAFT DUMPED IN THE PACIFIC FROM HMS PERSEUS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ROYAL NAVY AIRCRAFT DUMPED IN THE PACIFIC FROM HMS PERSEUS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 2880
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY ORDINARY SEAMAN PETER BUCKNALL [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Grumman Hellcat and Grumman Avenger aircraft being dumped over the side of HMS Perseus, off Australia (the aircraft had been deemed surplus to requirements).
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY ORDINARY SEAMAN PETER BUCKNALL [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: MGH 2880
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
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  • Production Date: 1946
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Bucknall, Peter Gurney Allen ()
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 52 ft; Running time: 1 min
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