Sujet
RAF Iver Heath, Iver, Buckinghamshire, 1942-1943. Creator: Royal Air Force Fim Production Unit.
Légende
RAF aviator Ray Morse working on a model of a Stirling aircraft in the model shop at RAF Iver Heath, Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, for use in an RAF Film Production Unit film, 1942-43. Ramon 'Ray' Morse was born in 1907 in Mile End, his family emigrated to Canada after the First World War. On his return to the United Kingdom, he worked as a commercial artist and a make up artist at Gainsborough, and also as a dancer and singer in the theatre. He also made models for Scientific Films and GB Instructional. During the WW2 he served in the RAF Film Production Unit at Pinewood Studios, where he made models to be used in the films they produced. Pinewood Studios - or RAF Iver Heath - was used as the base during the WW2 for the Royal Air Force Film Production Unit, the Crown Film Unit, and the Army Film and Photographic Unit. The studios were used to produce both films advocating the role of the armed forces in the war, and documentary films, recording the progress of the war. Dorothy 'Knicky' Chapman was posted to Pinewood Studios to serve as a WAAF with the RAF's Film Production Unit, working in the Stills Department. This is one of a set compiled by Chapman, although it is not clear which ones in the set were taken by Chapman.
Date
1942
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England
Notre référence
HRM25A27_104
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
97,0Mo (3,3Mo) / 56,1cm x 43,3cm / 6624 x 5120 (300dpi)