AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION - JAPANESE HAMP AIRPLANE [Main Title]

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  • Title: AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION - JAPANESE HAMP AIRPLANE [Main Title]
  • Film Number: AMY 781
  • Other titles: RECOGNITION OF AIRCRAFT (SERIES 2) [Series Title]
  • Summary: Aircraft recognition film describing the "Hamp" aircraft (the Mitsubishi A6M Reisen).
  • Description: The film begins by showing footage of troops returning from the South Pacific and telling what they have discovered. A captured aircraft is shown; a model of the craft is used as an introduction and this stops to show head-on, wing, underneath, side and near views; silhouettes are used to go over the main shapes, with the model being shown alongside more information and detail. The film concludes with a gun camera shot of a "Hamp".
  • Alternative Title: RECOGNITION OF AIRCRAFT (SERIES 2) [Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AMY 781
  • 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: 661 ft; Running time: 7 mins
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