Night Fighters 1941

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Title reads: "Night Fighters".

Unidentified RAF air base.

Various shots of a line of American Douglas D.B.7. night fighter aeroplanes warming up and moving off. Panning shot of a Douglas D.B.7. taking off. Good ground to air shots of the aircraft flying low over the camera. Air to...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38905
Sort Number:
41/045
Time in/Out:
01:01:23:00 / 01:02:06:00
Canister:
41/45
Film ID:
1117.02
Issue Date:
05/06/1941

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