Canadian Spotters (1941)

Title reads: “Canadian Spotters“. Location of events unknown. Various shots of Canadian airmen practising their gunnery on a ground mounted aircraft gun. The men belong to the Canadian Squadron of the newly formed Army Co-operation Command RAF. Various shots of Lysanders taking off and flying over the camera. Air to air C/Us of the Lysanders in flight. Various shots of an RAF (Royal Air Force) workshop where Canadian mechanics are servicing a Hurricane aeroplane. C/U of propeller spinning. C/U fighter pilot in his machine. Ground to air L/S of fighters in flight. Good air to air shots of Hurricanes in flight. They are flying in two groups of three which are in line abreast formation, the Hurricane in the leading group peels off to the left, towards camera, followed by the other two fighters. The camera pans to the second group of three which perform the same manoeuvre. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES