Airman's First Ordeal.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

British Film Institute, owner.

Topical Film Co., production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aeronautics.

Quests (Expeditions).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 minute, 8 seconds)) : silent, black and white.

Place of Publication:

[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1917.

Summary:

"AIRMAN'S FIRST ORDEAL. Airmen must first learn to overcome air sickness. The initial jolting they get is far worse than actual flying" (2). MS of two airmen in a basket; an officer stands by the basket and another airman in the background. The officer turns and gives an order, the basket slowley rises (8). LS looking up to the basket suspended between two poles (11). On the ground twoairmen stand in a basket surrounded by other men (19). MS of the two airmen in the basket looking at a chart (27). LS the basket is attached to a barrage balloon and it slowley rises (36). On the ground the wire tethering the balloon is let out by two airmen from a cog; a radio operator sits by them(43). LS of the balloon in the sky (48). The balloon comes down to the gound and airmen grab ropes dangling from it.

Notes:

Issue number: 313-2 ; Story number within issue: 2 of 5

Series: War Office Official Topical Budget.

With intertitles.