REAR ADMIRAL HARCOURT VISITS RAF 132 SQUADRON [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: REAR ADMIRAL HARCOURT VISITS RAF 132 SQUADRON [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ABY 171
  • Other titles: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Rear Admiral C H J Harcourt, Senior British Naval Officer Hong Kong, inspects airmen and aircraft of RAF 132 Squadron at Kai Tak airfield, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
  • Description: Harcourt arrives at Kai Tak and is greeted. He inspects a line-up of the squadron's Spitfire Mk XIV fighters and speaks with pilots and ground crews.
  • Alternative Title: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: ABY 171
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-10-02
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (Production company) Layzell, R G (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Harcourt, Cecil Halliday Jepson (person) Royal Air Force, 132 Squadron (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Hong Kong (geography) Liberation of Hong Kong 1945, Pacific War 1941-1945, Second World War (event)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 96 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ABY 171

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    ABY 144 (RAF 132 SQUADRON AND 7155 ECHELON SAIL TO HONG KONG [Allocated Title]) ABY 169 (SPITFIRE SQUADRON AT KAI TAK AIRSTRIP [Allocated Title])
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