Jail Breakers

Series

Series Name

The Gen

Issue

Issue No.

10

Date Released

1944

Length of issue (in feet)

1344

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Jail Breakers
2. 2A City Freed
3. 3Burma Front
4. 4The Last Operation

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

Scenes from "Target for Tonight" introduce the story of Group Captain Pickard’s last exploit - the Amiens prison raid. A model of the stockade is used to explain details. Two Mosquito squadrons take off. Aerial sequences are followed by film taken after the raid, indicating its success. Pickard’s grave is discovered after liberation of Amiens.

Keywords

Aviation; Military; Funerals

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.

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