AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION - JAPANESE TONY AIRPLANE [Main Title]

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  • Title: AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION - JAPANESE TONY AIRPLANE [Main Title]
  • Film Number: AMY 796
  • Other titles: RECOGNITION OF AIRCRAFT (SERIES 2) [Series Title]
  • Summary: Aircraft recognition film describing the Japanese "Tony" aircraft (the Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien).
  • Description: Film showing the morning patrol being briefed and guns loaded. A model of this Japanese aircraft is then shown in flight, with voice-over giving technical and historical data. Head-on, side and wing views are shown to emphasise the main shape and features. The film concludes with footage of the morning patrollers returning, and film of the "Tony" being shot down.
  • Alternative Title: RECOGNITION OF AIRCRAFT (SERIES 2) [Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AMY 796
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Production Details: United States War Department (Production sponsor) United States Army Air Forces First Motion Picture Unit (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: 629 ft; Running time: 7 mins
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