Royal Duke visits Coastal Command

Accession Number F02029
Collection type Film
Measurement 1 min 30 sec
Object type Newsreel
Physical description 35mm - safety/b&w/sound
Maker Gaumont British News
Place made United Kingdom: England
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright

Description

A British newsreel item on the Duke of Gloucester's visit to Australian airmen serving with Coastal Command. Item shows the Duke at an RAAF. squadron, in flight in a Sunderland and meeting Australian airmen at another station. Commentator mentions that the Duke inspects flying personnel and ground staff of Australian airmen with whom he will come into closer contact when he becomes Governor-General of the Commonwealth.