GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS [1931] - LATEST 'HUSH HUSH' FLYING BOATS [Main]
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Year: 1931
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Runtime: 2 mins
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Description: The crews, of 203 Squadron, say goodbye to their families at the water's edge and take launches out to their flying boats. A number of newsreel cameramen, including one on a Pathé sound van, record the event. One crew arrives at its flying boat, a Short S818 Rangoon. Two of the Rangoons taxi and take off.
Newsreel item on the departure of RAF flying boats from Felixstowe for Basra, 1931.
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Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Royal Air Force, Sqdn 203 / Pathe / aircraft, British - seaplane: Short Rangoon / journalism and record, British - cameraman / Felixstowe, Suffolk, England, UK
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Collection:
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Provider: Imperial War Museums
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Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
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Production company: Gaumont
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Colour: Black & White
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Sound: Without sound
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