Keep 'em Flying 1944

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Item title reads - Keep 'em flying! ... General Arnold.

Location of events unknown, somewhere in England.

Various shots as damaged bombers fly overhead, one comes in to land in a field. Various shots of the extensive bomb damage to the planes. A mobile repair unit drives up and uses...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44503
Sort Number:
44/009
Time in/Out:
01:25:11:00 / 01:27:27:00
Canister:
44/9
Film ID:
1350.14
Issue Date:
31/01/1944

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  • Seen at 00:34 is a crash-landed B17 bomber.

    jamied 9th Oct 2012

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