Aux yeux du souvenir
Movie (1948)
English title: To the Eyes of Memory
Russian title: Глазами памяти
Starring:
Michèle Morgan (Claire)
Jean Marais (Jacques Forestier)
Jean Chevrier (Commandant Pierre Aubry)
Robert Murzeau (Paul Marcadout)
A small private airplane crashes in the desert, not far from Dakar. It is a miracle that the pilot, Jacques Forestier, and his mechanic, Paul Marcadout, survived, since both were drunk when they lost control of the plane.
The last main action echoes the Air France flight of Contellation F-BAZC on 18 February 1947, a 'new' aircraft with only 360 flight hours.
Vickers Wellington Mk XIII
Registration HZ770. According the screenplay, this anti submarine variant is conducting a Search And Rescue (SAR) mission from Dakar, Senegal.
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Maybe HZ359? If so, it's a Mk XI.
Dornier Do 24
40 Dornier Do 24s were used by Aéronautique Navale (French Fleet Air Arm) between 1945 and 1955. Those with a white paint were of Flotille (Naval Air Squadron) 30S (dedicated to SAR duties) or 53S (School NAS). Based in France and so unlikely in Dakar.
Seconds before, among action filmed with the Wellington, a continuity error : this view showing an engine on a high wing is probably filmed inside a Dornier 24.
Morane Saulnier MS-502 Criquet
Registration F-BARJ, c/n 288.
Douglas DC-4-1009
Registration F-BBDI, c/n 42941 built in 1946. Named Ciel de Provence. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
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Registration F-BBDB, c/n 42912 built in 1946. Named Ciel de Touraine.
Registration F-BBDA, c/n 42909 built in 1946. Named Ciel de Bretagne. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Registration F-BBDH, c/n 42940 built in 1946. Named Ciel de Bearn. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Registration F-BBDG, c/n 42939 built in 1946. Named Ciel de Champagne.
Registration F-BBDK, c/n 42943 built in 1946. Named Ciel de Normandie.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
J 46 on the landing gear door. Registration F-BBDJ (c/n 42942). Unsure what 46 would correspond to in that case, maybe a fleet number?
Douglas C-54A-15-DC Skymaster
Registration F-BELD, c/n 10372 built in 1944.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Douglas DC-4-1009 (model)
Model of registration F-BBDK used for exterior aerial and landing shots.
Lockheed L-049 Constellation
Amiot AAC 1 Toucan
Registration ending in ND or MD.
Douglas C-47A-25-DK Skytrain
Registration F-BAXI, c/n 13677 built in 1943.
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Caudron C.440 Goéland
On the right.
In the hangar.
Link Trainer
SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc
Registration F-BATI, c/n 09 built in 1946.
Another one in the background.
Douglas C-47A-50-DL Skytrain
Registration F-BCYU, c/n 10151 built in 1943.
Another Skytrain, no visible registration.
Douglas DC-4
Interiors.
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