BRITISH SCREEN NEWS (1930) - THE FLYING BLUES [Main Title]

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  • Title: BRITISH SCREEN NEWS (1930) - THE FLYING BLUES [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 880-01d
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  • Summary: Newsreel item on training for Oxford University Air Squadron at Manston airfield, probably 1930.
  • Description: The cadets, on the ground, study maps. Two of them climb out of a Bristol F2B Fighter after a training flight. One has his parachute harness checked. Another tries to control his parachute on the ground, until the force of the wind takes him off his feet.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 880-01d
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 880-01d)
  • Featured Period: 1919-1938
  • Production Date: 1930
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: British Screen News (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force, Oxford University Air Sqdn (regiment/service) Oxford University (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Bristol F2B Fighter (object name) training, British air (object name) equipment, British air - personal: parachute (object name) GB, England & Manston, Kent <airfield> (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 92 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 880-01d

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