Accession Number | F02029 |
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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 |
Royal Duke visits Coastal Command
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.