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<b>Short Movie (1947)</b> | <b>Short Movie (1947)</b><br> | ||
Also known as : <b>School for Danger</b><br> | |||
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== [[:Category: Atelier aérostatique de Chalais-Meudon - Caquot dirigible|Caquot Dirigible Derivative]] == | == [[:Category: Atelier aérostatique de Chalais-Meudon - Caquot dirigible|Caquot Dirigible Derivative]] == | ||
Used as base for the first parajump. | Used as base for the first parajump.<br> | ||
Same balloon in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Others)|Frequently Seen Aircraft (Others / Lighter-Than-Air)]]. | |||
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== [[:Category: Handley Page Halifax|Handley Page Halifax Mk V]] == | == [[:Category: Handley Page Halifax|Handley Page Halifax Mk V]] == | ||
On a line up facing the Stirlings, a row of Halifaxes. | On a line up facing the Stirlings, a row of Halifaxes.<br> | ||
Footage in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing)|Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing)]]. | |||
[[Image:NowItCanBeTold_01143.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Note the Dowty undercarriage.]] | [[Image:NowItCanBeTold_01143.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Note the Dowty undercarriage.]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:21, 19 May 2023
Short Movie (1947)
Also known as : School for Danger
Starring:
Captain Harry Rée (Captain Brown / "Felix")
Jacqueline Nearne (Miss Williams / "Cat")
Teddy Baird (Henri Pickard)
Docudrama showing the work of British agents with the French "resistance" during the war, acted by actual agents. Includes details of their training, tactics and sabotage activities.
Caquot Dirigible Derivative
Used as base for the first parajump.
Same balloon in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Others / Lighter-Than-Air).
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.38 Whitley
Once the first jump done from a captive basis comes the first real jump from an aircraft.
Short S.29 Stirling
In the background.
Handley Page Halifax Mk V
On a line up facing the Stirlings, a row of Halifaxes.
Footage in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
Takeoff showing the lack of dorsal turret, a common fact on special operation Halifaxes.
Handley Page Halifax GR Mk V Series 1A
One of the few airframes fitted with a four bladed Rotol propeller and Merlin engines.
Haggis / Big Chief with an impressive score board.
Without insurance Felix and Cat are really boarding the same aircraft, we see the squadron code NF worn by No. 138 Squadron RAF between August 1941 and March 1945.
Westland Lysander
Lockheed Hudson III
Closeup on the Wright R-1820 Cyclone engine.
Squadron code MA of No. 161 (Special Duties) Squadron
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