AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION - SHACKLETON [Main Title]

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  • Title: AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION - SHACKLETON [Main Title]
  • Film Number: AMY 746
  • Other titles: AVRO SHACKLETON - AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION [Alternative Title] RECOGNITION OF AIRCRAFT [Series Title]
  • Summary: How to recognise the Avro Shackleton bomber. Film uses still photographs, film footage (including Shackletons Marks I and II with a comparison, Shackleton flying over Buckingham Palace in 1952), historical background (derivation from the Lincoln), diagrams and models.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AVRO SHACKLETON - AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION [Alternative Title] RECOGNITION OF AIRCRAFT [Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AMY 746
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1952
  • 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: 548 ft; Running time: 6 mins
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