Title:RAF BOMBERS OVER NORTHWEST FRONTIER [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 5211
Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY AUSTIN FLOWER (MAC) MCKENNA [Alternative Title]
Summary: Amateur film of British bombing raids in the Northwest Frontier, near Afghanistan.
Description: A view of a Hawker Hart (India) (K-2120) in flight, filmed from an adjacent aircraft. The aircraft drops a bomb. Brief shot of the target below (a village?). The aircraft drops its other bomb. Planes lined up on the ground with airmen stood around. Shots of the aircraft taxiing and taking off. Some airmen and locals. A local man making tea on the ground. A close-up of a symbol (on a plane's fuselage?) of a bomb with wings inside a roundish shape topped with a sort of crown. Three bi-planes flying in formation. Shot of a Hawker Hart in flight, filmed from an adjacent plane. Airmen carrying bombs at the base. Bombs laid out on the ground. An airman takes ammunition? from a box. Scenes around the base, using a winch to lift loads from an underground store.
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY AUSTIN FLOWER (MAC) MCKENNA [Alternative Title]
Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:MGH 5211
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1938
Production Country: GB
Production Details: McKenna, Austin Flower (Production individual)
