Title:THE EYES OF THE ARMY : with the RFC at the front [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 118
Other titles:OFFICIAL PICTURES OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE - THIRD SERIES [Series Title]
Summary: Royal Flying Corps workshops and aeroplanes, Western Front, spring 1916.
Description: An RFC mobile repair shop. A wrecked BE2, serial number 2059, has its wings removed by mechanics and is taken to the repair sheds where its fabric is stripped off. A French officer, being escorted round the shop, passes the fuselage of a Bristol Scout C type, serial number 4679. The mechanics march off to eat. RFC personnel inspect the wreckage of a crashed "Albatros" (?). A rotary engine is fitted to a BE2 (?). An RE7 reconnaissance aircraft goes out on a flight, sending signals to two wireless operators on the ground, and comes back to land.
Alternative Title:OFFICIAL PICTURES OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE - THIRD SERIES [Series Title]
Production Details: War Office (Production sponsor)
British Topical Committee for War Films (Production company)
Malins, Geoffrey H (Production individual)
Tong, Edward G (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Flying Corps, Squadron 21 (?) (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Flying Corps, Squadron 12 (?) (regiment/service)
Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Royal Aircraft Establishment BE2 & [wrecked] (object name)
aircraft, British - combat: Bristol Scout C & [wrecked] (object name)
aircraft, British - combat: Royal Aircraft Establishment RE7 & [+] (object name)
aircraft, German - combat: Albatros CIII (?) & [captured] & [wrecked] (object name)
buildings, British - military: workshop (object name)
communications, British air - electronic (object name)
industry, British - aircraft (object name)
operations, British air - sortie (object name)
operations, British air - preparation (object name)
01/3(4-15).5 (event)
France (geography)
Belgium (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: 420 ft; Running time: 8 mins