Collection search - With the RAF in France
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Record information – Brief With the RAF in France
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1940Item number (ISN):25385Type 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:1940Production company:Fox Movietone NewsDescription: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:MuteOriginal number:40-967Notes:Detailed holdings information: -
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