A DAKOTA ON FIRE, AND TYPHOONS TAXIING, AT 121 AIRFIELD [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: A DAKOTA ON FIRE, AND TYPHOONS TAXIING, AT 121 AIRFIELD [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ACB 68
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Film of a Dakota on fire (shot from the side and front - with emphasis on the nose, cockpit and wing damage); long shot of the burning nose, and of black smoke rising; the fire then filmed from behind the aircraft. A pilot gets into a Typhoon, with help from an airman (3 takes); shots of the front of the Typhoon, and of the pilot being strapped in (filmed from various angles). Two Typhoons take off - raising much dust (various shots). Night sequence (at 350 ft); German flares in the sky over Caen; British tracers dimly visible.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-16
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production company) Challis, Christopher George (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Hawker Typhoon (object name) aircraft, United States - transport: Douglas C-47 Dakota & [damaged] (object name) operations, British air - sortie (object name) Caen, Calvados, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 411 ft; Running time: 4 mins
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  • Notes: Summary: according to dopesheet, the Dakota was set on fire by a strafing attack by an Me 109 (see remarks to ACB 25). Technical: SP ACB 68 is part of a can comprising ACB 68 to 70 (SP) (total length 782 ft). ACB 68P is part of a can comprising ACB 68 and 69 (total length 423 ft). Print of ACB 68 is 156 ft. (No Typhoon footage, less night sequences.)
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ACB 68

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