Amateur film of British bombing raids in the Northwest Frontier, near Afghanistan.

A view of a Hawker Hart (India) (K-2120) in flight, filmed from an adjacent aircraft. The aircraft drops a bomb. Brief shot of the target below (a village?). The aircraft drops its other bomb. Planes lined up on the ground with airmen stood around. Shots of the aircraft taxiing and taking off. Some airmen and locals. A local man making tea on the ground. A close-up of a symbol (on a plane's fuselage?) of a bomb with wings inside a roundish shape topped with a sort of crown. Three bi-planes flying in formation. Shot of a Hawker Hart in flight, filmed from an adjacent plane. Airmen carrying bombs at the base. Bombs laid out on the ground. An airman takes ammunition? from a box. Scenes around the base, using a winch to lift loads from an underground store.

Notes

McKenna's Bell & Howell Double Run Eight Cine Camera (Serial No: 201409) used to film expedition (see KAY 1314-1 - KAY 1314-6) acquired by Department of Exhibits and Firearms, with extra lens, two filters and lens cap, 17/6/2002.

Related photographs copied by Photograph Archive (Ac No: 2002-06-04), 17/6/2002.

McKenna's typescript Diary, with photographs, of expedition to be copied by Department of Documents.