Collection search - Aviadores del Canada Se Entrenan : Los de EE.UU. Son Excelentes Tiradores = Canadian Fliers Train for War : US Bombers Display Marksmanship = Camp Borden RCAF Base
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Record information – Brief Aviadores del Canada Se Entrenan : Los de EE.UU. Son Excelentes Tiradores = Canadian Fliers Train for War : US Bombers Display Marksmanship = Camp Borden RCAF Base
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1940-11-09Item number (ISN):20715Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATIONAccession:1978-0227Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1940-11-09Production company:Brazilian edition
Fox Movietone NewsDescription:Newsreel story about Harvards and Ansons being used to train Canadian airmen at the Royal Canadian Air Force base at Camp Borden, Ontario while at Langley Field in the U.S. Curtiss fighters, Liberators and Flying Fortresses are used to pinpoint bombing sites during hours of practice before the U.S. is in the war. It shows: men boarding Yale trainers; Harvards taking off and flying in squadron strength (including registration numbers 3399, 3408, 3401, 3423, and 3383); five Avro Ansons in flight; severqal Boeing B-17B Flying Fortress bombers at Langley Field; Douglas B-18s (called Digby Mk 1s in Canada); an early Curtis P-40 fighter bing serviced and taking off; air to air shots of Flying Fortress in flight; bombs dropping; aerial views of explosions; and squadron of P-40s firing wing guns with bullets hitting the water near a floating target. <2mn 8s>Language:PortugueseOriginal number:42-297Notes:Detailed holdings information: -
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