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Title:CHINESE AIR FORCE CADET SCHOOL IN LAHORE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ABY 147
Other titles:ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Officer cadets of the Chinese (Nationalist) Air Force undergo pilot training at the Northern India Flying Club near Lahore, India (Pakistan).
Description: Captain Wong, Chief Engineering Officer, arrives to inspect a parade of Chinese (Nationalist) Air Force cadets. Cadets on parade. The hangar of the Northern India Flying Club. Aircraft being serviced; the aircraft are Boeing Stearman PT-17 biplanes (also known as 'Kaydets') in Chinese Nationalist markings. Pilots run to their aircraft. Pilots approaching a long line of parked aircraft. Aircraft in flight and aerial views of the airfield. Clothing is issued. A staff car stops just in front of camera, it is marked with both a Royal Air Force roundel and a white Chinese Air Force sun emblem. Cadets jump off the back of a lorry and form up. A truck full of cadets passes camera and drives through an entrance arch towards the school. The arch is adorned with a variety of Chinese writing. The cadets are shown a large tableau representing a map of China; a large (apparently Japanese) bomb stands erect in the centre of the map and is inscribed 'WAKE UP!'. Clothing parade; cadets are issued with clothing supplied by the RAF. Close-up of a cadet signing for the issue of his cap badge. A cadet boards an aircraft with his instructor in the front cockpit. Two mechanics start a Kaydet's engine and it taxis away. The aircraft takes off.
Alternative Title:ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (Production company)
Swain, J (Production individual)
Lang, T W (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Chinese Nationalist Air Force (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
Keywords: Lahore, Punjab, India (geography)
Sino-Japanese War (2nd) 1937-1945 (event)
Sino-Japanese War 1937-1945 (theme)
Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme)
India 1939-1945 (theme)