The Eyes of the Army: with the RFC at the Front, Third Series: Aircraft
Item
Title
The Eyes of the Army: with the RFC at the Front, Third Series: Aircraft
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Identifier
5734.mp4
IWMFILM118-low.mp4
Creator
The War Office
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Abstract
Royal 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.
Date
17 April 1916
Date Created
1916-04-17
Spatial Coverage
France or Belgium
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Source
DVD copy of original film
Medium
DVD copy of original film
Type
Footage
Contributor
Alisa Miller
Publisher
The First World War Poetry Digital Archive
producer
British Topical Committee for War Films
Subject
Allied Forces
Fighting Men
Group
Medical
War in the Air
Women