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HOW TO PREPARE AN 'L' TYPE CAMERA [Main]
1918
Imperial War Museums

A man in the uniform of an RFC flight sergeant prepares the camera on a workbench. First the lens cap is removed and the lens cleaned. Then he sets the blind aperture and the exposure indicator to zer...

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PHOTOGRAPHY - THE EYE OF THE AEROPLANE [Main]
1919
Imperial War Museums

(Reel 1) Trainees are shown various types of camera, the L-Type, the C-Type, and a recently-introduced camera which uses film instead of plates. They are taught elementary chemistry for developing and...

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the AERO COMPASS [Main]
1920
Imperial War Museums

The film starts coherently, but degenerates progressively into pullbacks and misplaced scenes until the later reels are not always comprehensible. There is virtually no actuality material, all the poi...

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PILOTING A SHIP-PLANE ONTO AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER [Main]
1926
Imperial War Museums

The aircraft takes off from the flight deck, after which deck officers check the wind's speed relative to the ship. Most of the film shows the pilot's point of view. He overflies the carrier once, loo...

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WITH THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN INDIA [Main]
1919
Imperial War Museums

(Reel 1) The troopship SS Barpeta brings a fresh contingent for the squadron into Karachi harbour. The men travel by train on to Ambala, where they get their first real view of India, including a hook...

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COLOGNE AIRMAIL [Main]
1919
Imperial War Museums

Some of the squadron's Airco DH9 aircraft are wheeled out of their hangars at Hawkinge aerodrome near Lympne in Kent. A mail truck arrives with sacks of mail for Cologne, and these are piled into the ...

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the CAIRO BAGHDAD SERVICE AIRMAIL [Main]
1924
Imperial War Museums

(Reel 1) The film compares the old ways of the desert with modern technology by starting with an Arab camel train coming to rest at an oasis. At dawn the riders wake with prayers and resume their jour...

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BRITISH SCREEN NEWS [1931] - THE SCHNEIDER TROPHY [Main]
1931
Imperial War Museums

The team lines up for a group photograph. In turn, they are Squadron Leader A H Orlebar (captain), Flight Lieutenant F W Long, Flight Lieutenant J N Boothman, Flight Lieutenant G N Stainforth, Lieuten...

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