CALCUTTA: AIR TRANSPORTATION OF CASUALTIES FROM INDIA TO UK [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: CALCUTTA: AIR TRANSPORTATION OF CASUALTIES FROM INDIA TO UK [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ABY 1
  • Other titles: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Patients board a Handley Page Halifax aircraft for repatriation to the UK at Alipore airfield, Calcutta.
  • Description: An RAF Avro Lancaster, fitted with ground-scanning H2S navigational radar array in a ventral blister radome taxis before take off. Lancaster fly-bys, some at low altitude.
  • Alternative Title: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: ABY 1
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-02-16
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (Production company) Thomas, R H (Production individual) McKee, J L (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Alipore, North East, India (geography) Alipore airfield (geography) Repatriation (event) Air evacuation of casualties, Air operations over Burma, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme) India 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 230 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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