AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION - WHIRLWIND S55 [Main Title]

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  • Title: AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION - WHIRLWIND S55 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: AMY 735
  • Other titles: WESTLAND WHIRLWIND (S-55) - AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION [Alternative Title] RECOGNITION OF AIRCRAFT [Series Title]
  • Summary: How to recognise the Westland Whirlwind helicopter. Discussion covers its distinctive features (comparison is made with the Westland Dragonfly), its various uses and its vulnerability in flight. Film uses still photographs, diagrams and technical data. It also has film footage of the Korean War battlefields (where the Whirlwind was used as an airborne crane) and footage of a cross-channel flight in July 1954, emphasising the Whirlwind's value in a civil rôle.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: WESTLAND WHIRLWIND (S-55) - AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION [Alternative Title] RECOGNITION OF AIRCRAFT [Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AMY 735
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1954-10
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Air Ministry (Production sponsor) CAS Productions (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 605 ft; Running time: 7 mins
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