FLYING BOMB MATERIAL [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: FLYING BOMB MATERIAL [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ACB 89
  • Other titles:
  • Summary:
  • Description: I. Film of tracers and target indicators against a night sky; countryside visible, in silhouette, below; film of flying bomb passing overhead from right to left; more night footage of tracers, also of an explosion in the sky; daylight film of a magazine being fitted to a Hispano 20mm cannon, and of the few rounds being fired - panning shot, along the barrel towards the sky and the coast of France; shot of an explosion as the shell hits the sea, film (from various angles) of the site commander, giving the order to fire; silhouette of AA gun traversing, and firing, night footage of V1 passing over, and of shells bursting around. The V1 is 'downed' over the sea. II. Film of a battery of 8 Oerlikon AA guns, with gun crews standing behind them, facing towards the sea. Two ATS girls look through a target predictor, while an observer stands beside them, holding binoculars; ATS girls 'fix' their berets in preparation for a shot of them sprinting to the gun site; one of them looks through a long telescope, while another notes the elevation of the target; an ATS girl speaks into a hand microphone. Camera pans up to the sky; aircraft seen in the distance; an Oerlikon gun is fired, while the gun crew (of 3 men) stands nearby; a V1 is seen travelling through heavy flak; close-up of an Oerlikon magazine being replaced.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-31
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production company) Till (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Auxiliary Territorial Service (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: combat, British - anti-aircraft (object name) weapons, British - gun: 20mm Hispano (object name) weapons, British - gun [AA]: Oerlikon (object name) weapons, German - rocket: V1 & [wrecked] (object name) GB, England & <south east England> (geography) night (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 2 Footage: 1346 ft; Running time: 14 mins
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  • Notes: Summary: see remarks to ACB 24. Technical: AA gun footage very scratched on print.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ACB 89

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