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1942 UK: World War 2: R.A.F. squadron makes speedy change of aerodrome
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2:02Now PlayingDate: 1st January 1942
Location: ENGLAND, UK
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
ENGLAND:
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SV R.A.F. men packing up
CU Taking dart board off wall
SCU Taking pictures of nude women off walls
CU Packing up box of tools
SV men packing up, some walking out with baggage
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SV Officers walking out of building with baggage
CU 'Canada' on R.A.F. man's shoulder pan down to checking kit in book
SV Pilot towards out of building with kit
LV 3 men outside building with baggage
LV Men lined up under wing of plane turn and walk towards pile of luggage
SCU Men picking up baggage and getting into plane
CU Canadians getting into plane pan down to holding box and putting it in plane
CU Men into plane
INT PLANE
Men in plane passing boxes along
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SV Side Handley Page Sparrow plane on field with propellers turning
LV Towards and past Spitfire taking off
LV Towards and past 2 Spitfires taking off
SV Pan Spitfire taking off
AIR VIEW
2 H.P. Sparrow's in air
INT PLANE
Men sitting facing each other in plane
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Shot 8 fighters in air in formation flying over camera
AIR VIEW
2 Sparrow planes in air
GV 18 fighters in air in formation, (camera twists)
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LV Pan Sparrow plane taxi-ing across field
LV Men leaving plane
SV Men out of plane with baggage
LV Men round plane with luggage
SV Men marching towards with luggage, plane in background
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