OPERATION SKUA [Main Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION SKUA [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 4890
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  • Summary: Documentary traces underwater recovery in 1974 from Norwegian fjord of last surviving Blackburn Skua (serial number L2940), ditched by Royal Marine pilot Major R T Partridge in April 1940, and now to be displayed in the Fleet Air Arm Museum at RNAS Yeovilton.
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  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: MGH 4890
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
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  • Production Date: 1974
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Partridge Films (Production company) Rosenberg, Mike (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 2000 ft; Running time: 55 mins
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