TEMPESTS DESTROY V1s [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: TEMPESTS DESTROY V1s [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ACB 64
  • Other titles:
  • Summary:
  • Description: Film of V1 flying past, and of a Tempest manoeuvred into position near it; explosion as a V1 hits the ground (in country setting). Two Tempests are seen, on the track of a V1 - one approaches the V1, with guns blazing; more film of V1 flying overhead; out of focus shot of V1 exploding, then blank footage.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-14
  • 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 - combat: Hawker Tempest (object name) combat, British - anti-aircraft: attack on V1 (object name) weapons, German - rocket: V1 & [wrecked] (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: 168 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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  • Notes: Summary: see remarks to ACB 24. Technical: V1 footage scratched, and poor quality, except for the shot of two Tempests on the warpath. Print is part of a can comprising ACB 64 and 65 (total length 351 ft).
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ACB 64

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