V1s [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: V1s [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ACB 46
  • Other titles:
  • Summary:
  • Description: Tempests pursue V1s ground to air shots, in the far distance) two Tempests fly overhead; night footage of V1 in flight; a V1 explodes (day) as a Tempest flies past; smoke rises from behind some trees, as a V1 hits the ground, a V1 flies overhead (day, then another at night).
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-04
  • 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, German - combat: Hawker Tempest (object name) combat, British - anti-aircraft [D]: attack on V1 (object name) weapons, German - rocket: V1 (object name) Hastings, Sussex, England, UK (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: 328 ft; Running time: 3 mins
  • HD Media:
  • Notes: Summary: see remarks to ACB 24. Technical: no print of ACB 46. The above version is labelled ACB 46 SP 1. The SP 2 copy (248 ft) omits the next day shot of V1 flying overhead, the final night shots, and some of the Tempest footage.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ACB 46

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