WAR IN FILMS
NEW MILITARY AND AIR FORCES. Vivid pictures of the new military and air forces used in the drive across Libya will soon be shown in two short films. Opening with shots of weary mud-bespattered troops foot-slogging in France during the last war, The Empire’s New Armies" passes on to the immense variety of swift mobile weapons with which the fight in North Africa is being waged today, and includes shots of the parachutists now being trained in the United Kingdom. Among the artillery weapons shown are the latest “ack-ack” guns, with A.T.S. women manning the indicators. The other film, “R.A.F.—Action!” traces the development of Britain's air arm since the last war. To see the flimsy Sopwith Camels of the early days' of air fights is to marvel at the spirit of the pilots of these “old buses." Later sequences show the evolution of fast planes, such as those which won the Schneider trophy permanently for Britain, leading up to thrilling pictures of actual battles, taken in the air with a miniature film camera.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 February 1942, Page 4
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176WAR IN FILMS Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 February 1942, Page 4
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