| Other author/creator | Ginever, Aveling. |
| Other author/creator | Mitchell, Leslie, 1905-1985 |
| Other author/creator | Sanger, Gerald. |
| Other author/creator | Great Britain. Royal Air Force. |
| Other author/creator | Movietonews (Firm) |
| Other author/creator | Great Britain. Ministry of Information. |
| Other author/creator | Imperial War Museum (Great Britain) |
| Other author/creator | Koch Entertainment (Firm) |
| Other author/creator | KOCH Vision (Firm) |
| Variant title |
Royal Air Force at war, 1940-1944 |
| Series |
Imperial War Museum, the official collection
Imperial War Museum, the official collection. ^A1091938
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| Contents |
Disc 1. 1940 (126 min.): Bits of our aircraft are missing / produced by G.B. Instructional Limited -- Discipline and morale / produced by Science Films Ltd., London -- Enemy interrogation of prisoners / produced by Gee Films Ltd. ; direction, Aveling Ginever -- Gun turret drill : the Fraser-Nash turret / produced by Gee Films Ltd. -- The Boulton Paul turret -- Local boy makes good : a story with a moral (animated) -- Extra: R.A.F. fighters ever on the alert / Movietone News. |
| Contents |
Disc 2. 1941-1942 (97 min.): The first thing / produced by British Films Ltd. -- Re-arming a bomber / Brent Productions -- R.A.F. action / produced by British Movietone News ; commentary by Leslie Mitchell ; script, Gerald Sanger ; editor, Raymond Perrin -- Air sense : for elementary flying training schools / produced by Gee Films Ltd. -- Fly away Peter : the story of direct air re-inforcements from Great Britain to our overseas fronts / Royal Air Force Film Production Unit presents -- In the drink / The Ministry of Information presents ; commentary by Colin Wills ; editing by Sylvia Cummins -- Sky giant : the story of Avro Lancaster / from the Film Archive of the Imperial War Museum ; The Ministry of Information presents, for the Ministry of Aircraft ; produced by British Movietone News Production ; commentary by Leslie Mitchell ; supervision, Gerald Sanger ; editing, Peter Whale -- Extra: Terror from the skies : the R.A.F. hits the hun by day & night / Pathe Gazette special edition. |
| Contents |
Disc 3. 1943-1944 (87 min.): A fighter has crashed / produced by Selwyn Films -- Missed date / Analysis Films Limited present -- Nought feet : a film on low flying navigation technique / produced by the R.A.F. Film Production Unit -- R.A.F. regiment / Royal Air Force Film Production Unit -- Towards the offensive / Royal Air Force Film Production -- Unit -- We attack / a Merton Park production -- Front line airforce / made for the Ministry of Information by the Royal Air Force Film Production Unit -- Night flight / Royal Air Force Film Production Unit presents -- Extra: Newsreel: With the Air Force : back from Berlin / Pathe Gazette. |
| Abstract |
"Rare and fascinating films preserved in the museum's archives. Many have never been released to the public before and are presented here, complete and uncut, for the very first time. ... [These 24 training and public information films cover a] range of subjects from ditching procedures for Halifax bomber crews ... to the best way to rescue crashed fighter pilots from their cockpits. There are film guides to preventing air accidents, fascinating behind-the-scenes accounts of servicing Wellington bombers and even a look at the R.A.F. Regiment. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Other title | Pathe Gazette. |
| Other title | R.A.F. fighters ever on alert. |
| Other title | Terror from the skies. |
| Other title | With the Air Force. |
| ISBN | 1417230746 |
| ISBN | 9781417230747 |
| UPC |
741952655596 |
| Publisher number | KOC-DV-6555 Koch Vision |
