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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.
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
HD Media:Yes
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.
