USAAF LIBERATORS AND DOUGLAS B-19 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: USAAF LIBERATORS AND DOUGLAS B-19 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ARY 131-3
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  • Summary: Mute unedited film of bombers.
  • Description: Film includes the lowering and raising of a bomber's undercarriage. USAAF Liberator lands on the airfield and the crew, who chew gum, get out and point to bullet holes in the fuselage. A tractor pulls the plane to the apron. Another USAAF liberator lands, followed by a USAAF Douglas B-19. A USAAF refuelling truck is seen on the airfield. (This is probably film of Woodbridge airbase in Suffolk; see also ARY 131/1-2,4-5.)
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ARY 131-3
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (ARY 131-3)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945
  • Production Country: GB (?)
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: United States Army Air Forces (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, United States - combat: Consolidated B-24 Liberator (object name) aircraft, United States - combat: Douglas B-19 (object name) operations, United States air - routine (object name) GB, England & Woodbridge, Suff <RAF Station> (?) (geography)
  • 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: 640 ft; Running time: 7 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ARY 131-3

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