Past and future

United Kingdom, 1939

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Episode of Series “War in the Air”.
A discussion of the ways in which aeroplanes have been developed since the First World War as a pointer to the way they will develop in the future. A brief resume of the development of the warplane from the First to the Second World War, and of the strategic implications of new weapons in modern air war. Atomic and hydrogen bomb experiments; modern defences - fighter, radar, rockets; long range offensive weapons - rockets, carrier forces, V bombers; and lastly, the web of strategic air forces covering a diminished world.

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Credits

producer

John Elliot

director

Philip Dorte

production company

BBC

Duration

00:28:22:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1939

Appears in

War in the Air

Group of items

War in the Air

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

322514

Language

English

Subject categories

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Aeronautics, Military

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Aeronautics

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Aeronautics - Great Britain

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Aeronautics - History

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Airplanes

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

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Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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