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Night Fighters Go Into Action 1941
Description
Item title reads - Night fighters go into action.
Somewhere in Britain.
M/S of the pilots laying in their billets after their daytime sleep before the night's work begins. Various shots as engineers check their aeroplanes and arm them. The pilots are woken up and go to see their briefing...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Emma
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 38978
- Sort Number:
- 41/052
- Time in/Out:
- 01:07:58:00 / 01:09:40:00
- Canister:
- 41/52
- Film ID:
- 1119.07
- Issue Date:
- 30/06/1941
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