BARROW TRIAL FLIGHT HM RIGID AIRSHIP NO 26 : taken in heavy fog Mar 20th 1918 [Main]
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Year: 1918
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Runtime: 4 mins
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Description: The airship is backed out of its hangar and prepared for flight. It lifts off, and flies away. Filmed from the ground through the fog it appears as a blur. It returns head-on and nose-down to the landing site, and is secured by the groundcrew. The camera stays in long shot throughout.
Trial flight of Royal Navy airship R26 at Barrow-in-Furness, 20th March 1918.
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Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Royal Navy, Royal Naval Air Service / aircraft, British naval - airship: R26 / 31/3(41) / Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England, UK / Instruction
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Provider: Imperial War Museums
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Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
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Colour: Black & White
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Sound: Without sound
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