AUSTERS ESCORTED BY WALRUSES [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AUSTERS ESCORTED BY WALRUSES [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ACB 33
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  • Summary:
  • Description: A Walrus and a group of Taylorcraft Austers fly overland (all have D-Day markings); Austers filmed singly and in groups, with the wing or float of Walrus in foreground, Austers on the ground (with Polish markings), a naval pilot gets into a Walrus' cockpit, panning shot of six Austers and two Walruses - pilots walk towards them; an airman swings an Auster's propeller, but film runs out before the aircraft 'fires'.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: ACB 33
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-06-23
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production company) Baker, L A C (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, British - light military: Taylorcraft Auster (object name) aircraft, British - seaplane: Supermarine Walrus (object name) operations, British air - routine (object name) GB, England (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: 270 ft; Running time: 3 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ACB 33

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