COLONEL SAMSON AND DH4 [Main Title]

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  • Title: COLONEL SAMSON AND DH4 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 643
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  • Summary: Trials by Colonel Charles R Samson RAF of a De Havilland DH4 and an SE5 fitted with landing floats, Isle of Grain, 1918.
  • Description: Colonel Samson is not clearly visible in the film. The DH4, fitted with floats and no wheels, taxies through the water behind a Felixstowe flying boat, which takes off ahead of it. The DH4 then throttles back. The SE5, also fitted with floats instead of wheels, comes in to land, taxies up to the shelving beach and is secured by the groundcrew. The DH4 shows how it taxies through the water, and finally it comes in to land.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 643
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 643)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Samson, Charles Rumney (person) Royal Air Force (regiment/service) Royal Navy (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: De Havilland DH4 & [R and D] (object name) aircraft, British - combat: Royal Aircraft Establishment SE5 & [R and D] (object name) aircraft, British naval - seaplane: Felixstowe flying boat (object name) aircraft, British naval - seaplane: De Havilland DH4 & [R and D] (object name) aircraft, British naval - seaplane: Royal Aircraft Establishment SE5 & [R and D] (object name) 31/3(41) (event) Isle of Grain, Kent, England, UK (geography) Thames (River Estuary), England, UK (geography) Instruction (concept) half-light (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 217 ft; Running time: 4 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 643

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