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  • RAF PIGEON 'GUSTAVE' - THE FIRST TO BRING BACK A REUTERS MESSAGE FROM NORMANDY [Allocated Title] RAF PIGEON 'GUSTAVE' - THE FIRST TO BRING BACK A REUTERS MESSAGE FROM NORMANDY [Allocated Title]

    (film) Made by: Hodges, Ken (Production individual) 1944-06-07

    The pigeon lands on the loft; a corporal hands the bird to a sergeant, who tries to detach the message (three versions, until the sergeant manages to detach and open it successfully); a Dakota is seen on the runway, with a pigeon basket placed beside it...

  • TYPHOONS 'TURNED ROUND' [Allocated Title] TYPHOONS 'TURNED ROUND' [Allocated Title]

    (film) Made by: Baker, L A C (Production individual) 1944-06-08

    Airmen rush from their tents to Typhoons; a pilot is helped up to the cockpit by a mechanic; various shots of a Typhoon revving up, in preparation for take-off; ground crew stands near a stationary Typhoon - some look up at the sky, 'watching' as...

  • TYPHOONS: LONG-RANGE FUEL TANKS [Allocated Title] TYPHOONS: LONG-RANGE FUEL TANKS [Allocated Title]

    (film) Made by: Hodges, Ken (Production individual) 1944-06-08

    Typhoons - with D-Day markings - take off; film of their rockets, fuel tanks and bombs; an airman places a spare long-range fuel tank near a Typhoon; fuel tanks are fitted to Typhoons, and filled; detailed sheets of fitting and filling; a Typhoon takes...

  • MASCOT GOAT (609 FIGHTER SQUADRON, AUXILIARY AIR FORCE) [Allocated Title] MASCOT GOAT (609 FIGHTER SQUADRON, AUXILIARY AIR FORCE) [Allocated Title]

    (film) Made by: Hodges, Ken (Production individual) 1944-06-04

    An officer feeds the goat through the nozzle of an oxygen cylinder; a W/O sits on the bonnet of a lorry feeding the goat, the goat puts its front feet on the Squadron's sign to reach more food; the W/O tries to coax the goat to jump from the roof of the...

  • TWENTY MINUTE SERVICING - TYPHOONS [Allocated Title] TWENTY MINUTE SERVICING - TYPHOONS [Allocated Title]

    (film) Made by: Hodges, Ken (Production individual) 1944-05-30

    Two Typhoons take off, past some hangars. A Typhoon is cleaned, refuelled and rearmed. Mechanics prepare cannon, rockets and bombs, and fit the aircraft for combat. A fuel truck is driven away. The Typhoon taxies, the pilot leaves the aircraft and walks...

  • FITTING ROCKETS AND RELOADING OPERATIONAL CAMERAS (ON TYPHOONS) [Allocated Title] FITTING ROCKETS AND RELOADING OPERATIONAL CAMERAS (ON TYPHOONS) [Allocated Title]

    (film) Made by: Coop, Eric W (Production individual) 1944-06-12

    An RAF armourer fits fins onto rocket motors and prepares explosive heads. Shots of upended rockets (minus heads) and of explosive heads, the heads (75lbs) are screwed home and the completed rockets arranged on a trailer. A tractor tows four trailers...