Metadata
- Title: BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS - RAF LINKS EMPIRE'S FAR FLUNG COLONIES [Main Title]
- Film Number: IWM 880-02c
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- Summary: Newsreel item on aircraft of 14 Squadron flying over Mount Kenya, taken at 7am local time on Monday, 21 March 1932.
- Description: The squadron pilots start up their Fairey IIIF aircraft and take off. Three of them, and the camera plane (see note below), overfly the mountain, which is covered with snow.
- Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 880-02c)
- Featured Period: 1919-1939
- Production Date: 1932
- Production Country: GB
- Production Details: British Movietone News (Production company)
- Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force, Sqdn 14 (regiment/service)
- Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Fairey IIIF (object name) operations, British air - sortie (object name) Kenya & Mount Kenya (geography) snow (concept) mountains (concept)
- Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: None
- Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 289 ft; Running time: 5 mins
- Notes: Summary: in the early 1930s 14 Squadron was based at Amman in Transjordan. The detachment in Kenya was presumably part of a goodwill flight or security operation. Summary: in the early 1930s 14 Squadron was based at Amman in Transjordan. The "East African Cruise" was a flag-showing operation, hence their presence in Kenya. The cameraman was J H Lieb of Fox Movietone; although he is not seen, the pilot of the camera plane was Wing-Commander A T Harris - to be better known as 'Bomber' Harris in the Second World War. Technical: this item is held on a single reel with films IWM 880-02a to IWM 880-02d. The can is marked as IWM 880-02. Remarks: the view of the mountain and snow from the open aircraft is very attractive.
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