RAF In Action - Actual Aerial Combat In… 1940

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Full title reads: "RAF In Action - Actual Aerial Combat In France".

France.

CU Cine camera being fitted alongside the guns of a Royal Air Force fighter plane, in its wing.

Ground to air GV several Hurricanes flying over camera.

VS Camera gun shots of German aircraft...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20852
Sort Number:
40/047
Time in/Out:
01:26:39:00 / 01:27:55:00
Canister:
40/47
Film ID:
1047.20
Issue Date:
10/06/1940

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