FIREPOWER DEMONSTRATION NEAR IMPHAL (19/10/1944)

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: ABY 50).

Synopsis

A firepower demonstration near Imphal including mortar and shell fire, smoke screens and bombing by RAF Hawker Hurricanes.

Footage of a firepower demonstration. Hurricane flying over a ridge. Hurricanes dropping 250-lb and 500-lb bombs with 11-second delayed-action fuses. Smoke rising. Hurricane flying across shot. Impacts on the ground. Thickening smoke. Impacts from shelling and trench mortar fire. Low pass by Hurricane. Infantry advancing through smoke. Hurricanes laying smoke screen. Smoke cloud drifiting. Smoke trails dropping vertically from aircraft.

Notes

Dates from slate. Dopesheet dated 14/12/1944.

See also ABY 52.

 

Titles

  • FIREPOWER DEMONSTRATION NEAR IMPHAL (19/10/1944) (Allocated)
Series Title:
ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
 

Technical Data

Year:
1944
Running Time:
3 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
266 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
Sponsor
Air Ministry Directorate of Public Relations
cameraman
Goozee, S (Sergeant)
Production company
Royal Air Force Film Production Unit