Collection search - With the RAF in France

Record information – Brief

1

With the RAF in France

Item number (ISN):

25385

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1940

Item number (ISN):

25385

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

Link to this record

Add to My Research

Link to this record

This link identifies the web page describing this particular record. Unlike the temporary link in your browser, this link will allow you to access, and reference, this page in the future. To link to this descriptive record, copy and paste the URL where ever needed (wiki, blog, document).

Sign in

Sign in to start saving records using My Research

Sign in
Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION

Accession:

1978-0227

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1940

Production company:

Fox Movietone News

Description:

Newsreel footage of Royal Air Force pilots in France. These pilots learned to fly on weekends. The footage shows Hurricances taking off, in flight (from ground). Chasing enemy Messerschmidt bomber. Shot of burning wreckage of Nazi plane. Pilots after flight. Pilots are members of a Volunteer Reserve Unit of the RAF and the squadron has downed 45 Nazi planes in 17 days: six Messerschmnidt 110's, 13 Dornier 17's, 23 Heinkel III's, 2 Junkers 88's and one Messerschmidt 109.

Language:

Mute

Original number:

40-967

Notes:

Show detail Hide detail

1. British Movietone News Editorial Dope Sheet indicates that Paramount shot this footage and that Paramount supplied U.S. rota footage and all newsreel companies received prints. ~2. The editorial dope sheet gives the title of this story as WITH THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN FRANCE.

Detailed holdings information:

Show detail Hide detail

Vault ISN:

35770

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-4116

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

38638

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7811-0007

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

7811-0008

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

38640

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7811-0008

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

7811-0009

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

38643

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7811-0009

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

N-4116

Status:

MASTER
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

You can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.

Cannot visit us on site? You can purchase a copy to be sent to you. Some restrictions may apply.