AIRCRAFT FIREFIGHTING ON NAVAL AIR STATIONS (RUSHES 4) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AIRCRAFT FIREFIGHTING ON NAVAL AIR STATIONS (RUSHES 4) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 769
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  • Summary: Unedited scenes showing rescue preparations for crashing aircraft.
  • Description: Beside a runway, crash tenders (?) and an ambulance are prepared for the arrival of any crashing planes. (close-up of men chatting). Alerted, the vehicles move along the runway at speed. They drive through an old gate and onto a country lane. They arrive at the plane (a crashed Fairey Firefly), and set about dousing the flames as the film ends.
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945
  • Production Country: GB
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 786 ft; Running time: 9 mins
  • Notes: Summary: based on viewing of 786 ft print (there are also prints running 1153 ft).
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ADM 769

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