RECOGNITION OF SHIPS [Main Title]

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  • Title: RECOGNITION OF SHIPS [Main Title]
  • Film Number: AMY 196
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  • Summary: Detailed ship identification film in nineteen parts, filmed primarily using diagrams and models, to aid aircraft pilots and their crews in their recogition of ships from the air. Ships featured include HMS Royal Oak, later torpedoed and sunk in Scapa Flow by German U-boat U47 in October 1939.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AMY 196
  • Sound: Sound
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  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1935
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: ROYAL AIR FORCE (Production sponsor) Gee Films (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 19
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    AMY 196

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