Interview with Douglas Bader

Interview with Douglas Bader

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Location

Northern Ireland

Year

1960

Date

Production 01/10/1960

Length

05min 35sec

Audio

mute, sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcast Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Interview with Douglas Bader, one of the most famous and successful fighter pilots of the Second World War despite having lost both his legs in an earlier accident. The sound cuts out as Bader speaks in front of a vintage aircraft before footage of missile systems being readied and modern aircraft of the early 1960s in flight. There is also battle footage from the Second World War as well as flight footage of passenger and transport planes and formation display flying. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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