FRONT LINE AIRFIELD (CONTINUED) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: FRONT LINE AIRFIELD (CONTINUED) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ACB 58
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Airmen wash clothes, near a line of tents; men assemble rockets - four completed weapons have been placed on the ground; two rockets are shown on a Typhoon's wing (same location as ACB 57). As a pilot gets into the cockpit, its engine starts, and the Typhoon is shown taxiing off.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ACB 58
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-06
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production company) Challis, Christopher George (Production individual) Eades (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Hawker Typhoon (object name) operations, British air - preparation: bombing up (object name) operations, British air - routine: front line airfield (object name) society, British air - hygiene: laundry (object name) Normandy, France (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: 237 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ACB 58

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