INTER-SERVICE EXERCISE PLANNERS' SPECIAL FLIGHT TO SINGAPORE AND BACK 22nd APRIL - 7th MAY 1959
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: AMY 933).
Synopsis
Amateur film shot by Group-Captain Hugh Verity shows English Electric Canberra B.6. at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, before aerial and ground views of airfields en route to and from Singapore: Akrotiri (Cyprus), Bahrain, Karachi Civil, Katunayake (Ceylon), Penang and Butterworth (Malaya), Changi and Paya Lebar (Singapore), Ceylon (beach scenes), Gan (Maldive Islands), Aden, Nairobi (Kenya), Kano (Nigeria), Idris (Libya) and RAF Marham, Norfolk.
Notes
Summary: Accompanying Group-Verity were Commander Pearse, Major Taylor and Wing Commander Owen (Names taken from handwritten note on lid of film can).
Titles
- AMATEUR FILM BY GROUP-CAPTAIN HUGH VERITY (Alternative)
- INTER-SERVICE EXERCISE PLANNERS' SPECIAL FLIGHT TO SINGAPORE AND BACK 22nd APRIL - 7th MAY 1959
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1959
- Running Time:
- 20 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 16mm
- Colour:
- Colour
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 793 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB
- cameraman
- Verity, Hugh Beresford (Group-Captain)