INTER-SERVICE EXERCISE PLANNERS' SPECIAL FLIGHT TO SINGAPORE AND BACK 22nd APRIL - 7th MAY 1959 [Main Title]

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  • Title: INTER-SERVICE EXERCISE PLANNERS' SPECIAL FLIGHT TO SINGAPORE AND BACK 22nd APRIL - 7th MAY 1959 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: AMY 933
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY GROUP CAPTAIN HUGH VERITY [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur, mute, colour film, shot by Group Captain Hugh Verity. Shows English Electric Canberra B6 at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, before aerial and ground views of airfields en route to and from Singapore, including: Akrotiri (Cyprus), Bahrain (spelt Bahrein), Karachi Civil, Katunayake (Ceylon), Penang and Butterworth (Malaya), Changi and Paya Lebar (Singapore), Ceylon (beach scenes and local children), Gan (Maldive Islands), Aden, Nairobi (Kenya), Kano (Nigeria), Idris (Libya) and RAF Marham, Norfolk. Geographical locations are noted on intertitles.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY GROUP CAPTAIN HUGH VERITY [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: AMY 933
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (AMY 933)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1959
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Verity, Hugh Beresford (Group Captain) (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 793 ft; Running time: 20 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AMY 933

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