INSPECTION OF RINGWAY AND TATTON PARK PARACHUTE SCHOOL [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: INSPECTION OF RINGWAY AND TATTON PARK PARACHUTE SCHOOL [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ARY 22-5
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  • Summary: Staff officers inspects a parachute training school.
  • Description: All of this reel contains shots of the inspection and demonstrations seen elsewhere. The one exception is the good view of the tail of Whitley K7218. It has the turret removed and the resulting space converted to an exit way for paratroops one of which is seen ready to go.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ARY 22-5
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (ARY 22-5)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-07-30
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production sponsor) RAF Film Production Unit (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Barratt, Arthur Sheridan (person) Paget, Bernard Charles Tolver (person) Royal Air Force, Women's Auxiliary Air Force (regiment/service) Royal Air Force, Sqdn 297 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk II (object name) Ringway, Cheshire, England, UK (geography) Tatton Park, Cheshire, England, UK (geography) half-light (concept)
  • 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: 1234 ft; Running time: 13 mins
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