WARTIME FLYING FILM (ledger title) [Main Title]

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  • Title: WARTIME FLYING FILM (ledger title) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 482
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  • Summary: Mixed film of unrelated scenes of British and Australian aircraft during the second half of the First World War.
  • Description: The film has no plot or continuity. Almost all the first reel comes directly from IWM 236 A BOMBING TRIP OVER THE ENEMY LINES, showing Australian aircraft, and IWM 28 WITH THE AUSTRALIAN FORCES IN PALESTINE. The second reel comes mostly from IWM 570 WITH THE RNAS, and the naval episodes from series IWM 130 SONS OF OUR EMPIRE. The third reel comes almost entirely from IWM 141 WITH THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS, ending with material from IWM 470 DEATH OF A FOKKER.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 482)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918
  • Production Country: GB
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  • Keywords: 17/3(14).0 (event)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 3 Footage: 4247 ft; Running time: 70 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Summary: in addition to the sources named, see also IWM 118 and IWM 551. This may be a film made to accompany a lecture in the immediate post-1918 period
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 482

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