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Silent Air Armada 1942
Description
Titles read: "SILENT AIR ARMADA".
Somewhere in Britain.
Various shots show members of the Army Gliding Squadron in an airfield, preparing for a flight and getting into their Hotspur Gliders.
With the aid of a powered aeroplane several gliders being to gather speed and take...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sarah
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 43856
- Sort Number:
- 42/053
- Time in/Out:
- 01:15:46:00 / 01:17:57:00
- Canister:
- 42/53
- Film ID:
- 1328.14
- Issue Date:
- 02/07/1942
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