Wednesday, June 4, 2014

"Australia Aids Coastal Watch" Rare 10 Sqn Sunderland footage

A neat newsreel segment from 1940 of 10 Squadron RAAF Short Sunderland Mk.I flying boats operating from Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon - though both the unit and location are unnamed in the original film.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/australia-aids-coastal-watch-aka-flying-boat-patro 

The 'briefing' at the start is risible, but the film is worthwhile for the (brief) segments of natural sound 1940 Australian accents at the start and end.

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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousJune 10, 2014 at 11:57 AM

    That was a good few minutes. Never heard of the Sunderlands having a mess hall before ;)

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