AIR FORMATION SIGNALS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AIR FORMATION SIGNALS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ACB 114
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Shots of a line of male telegraph operators, sitting at a switchboard (with earphones) consulting notes; two operators make telephone connections with jack plugs (close-up, filmed from behind); an operator speaks into a microphone (he is the supervisor), engineers check the switchboard, and the connection lines.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ACB 114
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-08
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production company) Baylis, Peter (Production individual) Challis, Christopher George (Production individual) Hodges, Ken (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: communications, British military - wire (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: 185 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ACB 114

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