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The Eyes of the Army: with the RFC at the Front, Third Series: Aircraft

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AuthorThe War Office
TitleThe Eyes of the Army: with the RFC at the Front, Third Series: Aircraft
NotesRoyal Flying Corps workshops and aeroplanes, Western Front, spring 1916. An RFC mobile repair shop. A wrecked BE2, serial number 2059, has its wings removed by mechanics and is taken to the repair sheds where its fabric is stripped off. A French officer, being escorted round the shop, passes the fuselage of a Bristol Scout C type, serial number 4679. The mechanics march off to eat. RFC personnel inspect the wreckage of a crashed Albatross; A rotary engine is fitted to a BE2; An RE7 reconnaissance aircraft goes out on a flight, sending signals to two wireless operators on the ground, and comes back to land.
Item Date17 April 1916
Creation placeFrance or Belgium
File typeVideo
Item sourceDVD copy of original film
Item mediumDVD copy of original film
ContentFootage
KeywordsAllied Forces, War in the Air, Fighting Men
Collection IDIWM 118
Repository nameImperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
Repository address
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 6HZ
UK
Repository URLhttp://www.iwm.org.uk/
CataloguerAlisa Miller
FilenameIWMFILM118-low.mp4
CopyrightThe Imperial War Museum Film Archive
Publication editorUnknown
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
ProducerBritish Topical Committee for War Films
CameramenMalins, Geoffrey H.; Tong, Edward G.
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/5506