ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE PILOTS AT VOLKEL AIRFIELD IN HOLLAND [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE PILOTS AT VOLKEL AIRFIELD IN HOLLAND [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ACB 221
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  • Summary: Unedited black and white footage of RAAF pilots at Volkel airfield, Holland, October 1944. Pilots and ground crew erecting a timber frame for a new dispersal hut. Burnt out hanger visible in the background. Various shots of four RAAF pilots looking at a map while standing by the wing of Hawker Tempest aircraft, Flying Officer A D S Anderson (Dimboola, Victoria), Flying Officer M Adams (Mansfield, Victoria), Flying Officer F G Calder (Baldwin, Victoria) and Flying Officer N J Rankin (Colac, Victoria). Shots of ground crew pushing on the wings of a Hawker Tempest aircraft to dislodge its wheels from muddy ground while it attempts to taxi forward. Various shots of Flying Officer Calder and three other pilots standing in a bomb crater and examining bomb fragments. Close-up shot of two bomb fragents in the hands of a pilot wearing a leather flying jacket. Flying Officer Calder climbing in to the cockpit of his plane and various close-up shots of him waving, adjusting his googles and being strapped in by another pilot.
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  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
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  • Production Date: 1944-10-13
  • Production Country: GB GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (Production company) Rogers (Flying Officer) (Production individual)
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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 Footage: 339ft; Running time: 4 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Technical: Held in can ACB 221-222. Remarks: Part of a series of films shot by RAF Film Production Unit cameramen, on the ground, in Europe June 1944 - December 1945 Remarks: Dope Sheet notes that previous buildings on the site were destroyed by a German air atttack. Remarks: Dope Sheet notes an engagement of five Hawker Tempests with a German Me.262, with the Me.262 escaping "with a terrific rate of climb and two minutes later bombed the aerodrome" at the time of filming. This aerial engagement and bombing are not seen in the film. Remarks: Dope Sheet list the pilots names and home towns. Remarks: Sequences in a different order than listed on the Dope Sheet.
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