Emerson nose and tail turrets: operation and servicing (Airplane turrets) Accession Number: F02345

Description

An official War Department training film I-469 produced by AA7 Training Film Production Laboratory Wright Field. A dramatized story of a trainee air gunner practising for an oral test on the Emerson turret unknowingly using an ace gunner as his audience. Uses this story as a vehicle to explain the operation and servicing of the Emerson turret.

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Accession Number
F02345
Classification
Film
Object Type
Training and Technical films
Physical Description
Base: acetate
Colour: b&w
Film type: CMP
Format: 16mm
Sound: sound
Measurement
Duration
Footage
Projection speed
Date Made
1940s
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright unknown

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