| THE SPIRIT OF THE RAF Airmen recuperating in an RAF hospital, plus squadron of Spitfires taking off - a gift from Burma. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5550 |
| Catalog #: | 200342 | |
| Clip Number: | 200342-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 41/5 | |
| Timecode: | 01:35:17 - 01:37:31 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1941 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Hospitals HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Physical Therapy LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Norfolk MILITARY: Air Force, British (RAF) OCCUPATIONS: Medical, Doctors OCCUPATIONS: Medical, Nurses TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Military WEATHER: Snow WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Aviation WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Medical WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Rest & Recreation | |
| Description: | "The Spirit of the RAF". M/S of airmen in reading room of an RAF (Royal Air Force) Hospital. A jolly looking woman hands out books to jovial airmen. Various shots of two men hanging from wall bars in hospital gymnasium. A doctor supervises them as they do physiotherapy exercises. M/S of three men playing gentle game of football (two are on crutches). M/S of circle of men playing catch with a medicine ball. We see nurses and some of the more able patients running out of hospital and onto snow covered lawn. Great shots of snow ball fight between airmen patients and nurses. Lots of flirting - one of the airmen scoops up one of the nurses in his arms! RAF Coltishall, Norfolk. Various shots of a Spitfire being refueled and loaded with bullets on a snow covered airfield. Various shots of pilots running across the snow to their aircraft. Various shots of the fighter pilots putting on their parachutes and climbing into their aircraft. Panning C/U of some of the airmen : Flight Lieutenant Blatchford, Squadron Leader Stanford Tuck and Flying Officer Martin. Various shots of three Spitfires taking off from the snow covered aerodrome. The airplanes are a gift from the people of Burma, hence their name - The Burma Squadron. | |
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