GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS [Main Title]

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  • Title: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS [Main Title]
  • Film Number: RMY 60-2
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  • Summary:
  • Description: I. "Britain's Inland Water Patrol." Fast launches speed along river during a practice alert, and fire Lewis submachineguns. II. "Royal Duchess packs parcels for prisoners." Duchess of Gloucester helps pack parcels for some of Britain's 44,000 prisoners in Germany. III. "Bomber Command station in action." George VI visits a station where he examines plans of that night's raid on Cologne and photos of damage inflicted on previous raids. After briefing, a Hudson takes off, then men back from a raid have tea. Crews back from raids on marshalling yards at Cologne and Berlin prompt commentator to remark that "in this war it must be very depressing to be a marshalling yard". IV. [Tiger Moth production.] Women fit fabric to Tiger Moth wings in Australian factory. RAAF trainers in flight. V. [Empire Air Training Scheme.] Empire Air Training Scheme pilots fly Harvard IIs and Ansons near Ottawa. VI. "US war plane production." Douglas B-18 Digby bombers on airfield and Flying Fortress Is on Langley Field, Virginia "let Hitler see Uncle Sam is not worried about the result should it come to a showdown". Fortresses carry out practice bomb attack and Tomahawks strafe targets.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: RMY 60-2
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1940-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Gaumont British (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Gloucester, Alice (Duchess) (person) George VI, King (person) British Army, Home Guard (regiment/service) Royal Air Force, Bomber Command (regiment/service) Royal Australian Air Force (regiment/service) United States Army Air Forces (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: operations, British naval - sortie: inland patrol (object name) ships, British auxiliary - small craft: Home Guard ML (object name) weapons, British - smallarm (mounted): Lewis sub-machine gun (object name) society, British - charity (object name) aircraft, United States - combat: Lockheed Hudson & [British] (object name) operations, British air - return (object name) recreation, British air - casual (object name) aircraft, British - light military: De Havilland Tiger Moth & [Australian] (object name) industry, Australian - aircraft: De Havilland Tiger Moth (object name) operations, Australian air - routine (object name) aircraft, British - combat: Avro Anson (object name) aircraft, United States - light military: North American Harvard & [Allied] (object name) training, British air - specialist: Empire Air Training Scheme (object name) aircraft, United States - combat: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (object name) aircraft, United States - combat: Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk (object name) aircraft, United States - combat: Douglas B-18 Digby (object name) training, United States air - combat (object name) Australia (geography) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (geography) USA & Langley Field, VA <USAAF Base> (geography) (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 762 ft; Running time: 8 mins
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