BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS - RAF LINKS EMPIRE'S FAR FLUNG COLONIES [Main Title]

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  • 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.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 880-02c
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 880-02c)
  • Featured Period: 1919-1938
  • 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
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 880-02c

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