TYPHOONS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: TYPHOONS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ACB 2
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Two Typhoons - with D-Day markings - take off (various shots). In the air, two Typhoons 'peel away'. A Dakota is (briefly) seen on an airstrip. A Typhoon taxies on the airstrip.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-06-06
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production company) Coop, Eric W (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Hawker Typhoon [D-Day markings] (object name) operations, British air - routine (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 269 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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  • Notes: Technical: fine grain version is part of a can comprising ACB 2 and 3 (total length, 695 ft). Print which is 226 ft, is part of a can comprising ACB 1-3 (total length, 1007 ft), and has less take-off footage.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ACB 2

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