WITH THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN INDIA [Main]


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  • Metai: 1919
  • Trukmė: 49 mins
  • Aprašymas: (Reel 1) The troopship SS Barpeta brings a fresh contingent for the squadron into Karachi harbour. The men travel by train on to Ambala, where they get their first real view of India, including a hookah smoker, and the "local cab", a one-horse cart. Officers sit outside their bungalows and NCOs outside an open-air canteen in the cool of the evening. Out on the parade ground the airmen go through drill routines, bayonet fighting, and a boxing match. Indoors other airmen, with some help from Indians, work at their trades: some repair the engines of the squadron trucks and planes: others plane wood and drill metal, while others still repair tyres. In a workshop the wings and tails of aircraft being repaired are worked on. The squadron flies Bristol F2B Fighters. Some of the pilots pose for the camera. (Reel 2) "Life is not always dull. A message may arrive asking for a turbulent tribal village to be bombed." An officer receives the message and briefs the crews of two aircraft while their planes are bombed up. Throwing up a lot of dust the Bristol Fighters take off. Later a wireless operator at base receives a request for help from one of the planes. The second plane, on return, confirms that the first has made a forced landing in a field through engine trouble. A breakdown tender drives out to assist, and finding the aircraft starts repairs. Meanwhile recreation continues, with football and tennis matches at the squadron. At the RAF Depot in Karachi airmen go boating and bathing in the harbour. At one of the hill stations officers depart to stalk "buck", catching nothing but having time for a picnic. (Reel 3) Airmen shop in the bazaar at Ambala, and a civilian (the cameraman ?) joins in. 'Typical' Indians are shown. One of the camels used by the RAF for transport, "a quaint creature", is ridden by his owner. In the surrounding countryside the cameraman films mosques and Hindu temples. At this point the film breaks up into extra scenes from previous reels: the football match, the repair to the damaged aircraft, more of the football match. Then a game of billiards being played in the officers' mess. Finally the boxing match and the bayonet fighters again.
    Everyday life for members of 99 (Madras Presidency) Squadron RAF at Ambala, India, June-September 1919.
  • Raktažodžiai: EFG1914 / World War I / Royal Air Force, Sqdn 99 / Royal Air Force, Sqdn 27 / operations, British air - routine / recreation, British air - tourism / ships, British auxiliary - transport: Barpeta / transport, Indian civilian - rail / society, Indian - sustenance / transport, Indian civilian - animal / training, British air / recreation, British air - sport: boxing / operations, British air - maintenance / aircraft, British - combat: Bristol F2B Fighter / operations, British air - sortie / operations, British air - return / communications, British air - electronic: morse / transport, British air - truck, special: breakdown tender / recreation, British air - sport: football / recreation, British air - sport: tennis / recreation, British air - sport: boating / recreation, British air - casual / recreation, British air - sport: hunting / society, Indian - ethnic / buildings, Indian - religious: mosque / buildings, Indian - religious: temple / recreation, British air - sport: billiards / animals, mammals: camel / India & Ambala / India & Karachi / dust / dry season
  • Tiekėjas: Imperial War Museums
  • Teisės: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Spalva: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound

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