RAF MEDITERRANEAN COMMAND ATTACK ON A CASTLE HOUSING A NAVAL GUN [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RAF MEDITERRANEAN COMMAND ATTACK ON A CASTLE HOUSING A NAVAL GUN [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: OPM 56
  • Other titles: SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Day attack by a Supermarine Spitfire fighter from RAF 93 Squadron on a castle housing a naval gun being used to bombard Allied partols on their way to the Anzio beachhead at Cape Circeo, Italy. Filmed by on board cameras. Camera plane piloted by Captain Taylor.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: OPM 56
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Film: IWM (OPM 56)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: -1944-04-10
  • Production Country:GB
  • Production Details:War Office Directorate of Public Relations Royal Air Force
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  • Physical Characteristics:Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details:35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 15 ft; Running time: 1 min
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    OPM 56

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