TYPHOONS: LONG-RANGE FUEL TANKS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: TYPHOONS: LONG-RANGE FUEL TANKS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ACB 5
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Typhoons - with D-Day markings - take off; film of their rockets, fuel tanks and bombs; an airman places a spare long-range fuel tank near a Typhoon; fuel tanks are fitted to Typhoons, and filled; detailed sheets of fitting and filling; a Typhoon takes off, and others land; a Dakota is shown on the airfield; an Oxford comes in to land.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-06-08
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production company) Hodges, Ken (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, British - light military: Airspeed Oxford (object name) aircraft, British - combat: Hawker Typhoon [D-Day markings] (object name) aircraft, United States - transport: Douglas C-47 Dakota (object name) equipment, British air - propulsion: long-range fuel tank (object name) operations, British air - preparation: Hawker Typhoon (object name) GB, England & Thorney Island, Hants <RAF Station> (geography)
  • 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: 390 ft; Running time: 4 mins
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  • Notes: Technical: print is part of a can comprising ACB 4 and 5 (total length 584 ft, change-over at 194 ft.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ACB 5

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