FLYING SOLDIERS [Main Title]

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  • Title: FLYING SOLDIERS [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MIL 180
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  • Summary: Royal Army Service Corps film on the training of air despatchers. Showing trainees receiving air and ground instruction on loading transport aircraft, the packing of parachutes and supply drop containers, and making air drops from Handley Page Hastings, Blackburn Beverley and Scottish Aviation aircraft, and dealing with underslung loads on Westland Whirlwind helicopters.
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  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: MIL 180
  • Sound: Silent
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  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1962
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Army Service Corps (Production sponsor) British Army, Royal Army Service Corps, Air Supply Training Wing (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 600 ft (ca); Running time: 17 mins
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