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Australian Flying Corps

Series

Series Name
War Office Official Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.
322-2
Date Released
27 Oct 1917
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The King with His Fleet
  2. 2War Prisoners at Work
  3. 3Captured Germans Recreation
  4. 4Australian Flying Corps
  5. 5Admiral Jellicoe at Sheffield

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
[SUBTITLE]: "An Australian flying squadron after training at an English aerodrome leave for France to take part in aerial warfare." A group of airmen in flying kit pose before their machines. Planes lined up on the aerodrome. A pilot and a rear gunner adjust their safety belts and take their places in the cockpit of a plane. The plane takes off.
Keywords
Aviation; Military
Length of story (in feet)
55

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
Email
film@iwm.org.uk
Web
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film
Phone
020 7416 5291
Fax
020 7416 5379
Address
Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ
Notes
The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.
Series held
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Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web
http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
Phone
020 7255 1444
Fax
020 7580 7503
Address
21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
Series held
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