Ferry Air Pilots & Mr Churchill At RAF Station 1941

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Title reads: "Ferry Pilots".

Unidentified RAF station.

Panning shot with two Bristol Beaufighters as they land. The aeroplanes are being delivered to RAF (Royal Air Force) operational centres by Air Transport Auxiliary pilots. Various shots of the ferry pilots which include a few...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38921
Sort Number:
41/047
Time in/Out:
01:22:16:00 / 01:23:58:00
Canister:
41/47
Film ID:
1117.18
Issue Date:
11/06/1941

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