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Description: Film of balloon control cage (on a truck), and of airmen inside; panning shot of site, with emphasis on trucks carrying gas cylinders; film of balloons in the air (dark, then light quality footage) and of the site - rows of trucks carrying equipment; several panning shots from site to balloon barrage and back again; film of activity in and around the control cage; pan from barrage to wind vane and anemometer.
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 - balloon: barrage balloon (object name)
equipment, British air - environmental: anemometer (object name)
operations, British air - preparation: barrage balloon (object name)
GB, England (?) (geography)
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 505 ft; Running time: 5 mins
Notes: Remarks: most of the balloon shots are filmed from too far away to be of much use. See remarks to ACB 24.
Technical: print is part of a can comprising ACB 66 and 67 (total length 886 ft).