CZECHOSLOVAK AIRFORCE IN FRANCE IN MAY-JUNE 1940 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: CZECHOSLOVAK AIRFORCE IN FRANCE IN MAY-JUNE 1940 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 2896
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY LIEUTENANT JOSEF HYBLER [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Untitled amateur film shot by Czechoslovak pilot Lieutenant Josef Hybler records Chartres, his French hosts and activities of Czechoslovak airmen of 3rd and 4th Escadrille of Groupe de Chasse II/2 (French Air Force) at Chissey Airfield (near Dijon), between 5-15 June 1940: fellow airmen, their Morane Saulnier M-S 406 fighters and swastika marked rudder of destroyed German aircraft, during the German attack on France and prior to the Czechoslovak participation in the Battle of Britain.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY LIEUTENANT JOSEF HYBLER [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MGH 2896
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
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  • Production Date: 1940
  • Production Country: Czechoslovakia
  • Production Details: Hybler, Josef (Production individual)
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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: 81 ft; Running time: 4 mins
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