HAFNER ROTABUGGY TRIALS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HAFNER ROTABUGGY TRIALS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AMY 684
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  • Summary: Short silent film of a Rotabuggy trial, being towed by a Vickers Wellington, about 1949.
  • Description: The film seems to have been made by the AFEE (Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment) at Beaulieu about 1949 and shows a Rotabuggy taking off, circling the airfield and landing. It is towed by a Wellington and the experiment is filmed from the ground and out of the turret of the aircraft. A Rotabuggy is an early helicopter system attached to a jeep.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AMY 684
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1949
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment, Beaulieu (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Vickers Wellington (object name) aircraft, British - R and D: Rotabuggy (object name) GB, England & Beaulieu, Hants <Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment> (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: [English] Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 390 ft; Running time: 4 mins
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