Spitfire Flip Book

The Imperial War Museum's archive is home to more than 20,000 hours of moving image material spanning the twentieth century in Britain. The clips range from documentary film and official newsreels, to unedited combat footage, and amateur shots. In the museum's early days the films could only be viewed through Mutoscope machines from the late nineteenth century that functioned much like a flipbook, giving life to a series of motionless images. The Mutoscope did not project images on a screen, rather the machine was used by one person at a time. To re-create the experience of watching these historical film reels, some of the most compelling scenes have been reproduced in these action-filled flipbooks.

As you flip through the Spitfire Flipbook, you'll come face to face with a 1940s Spitfire plane flying through the air. The single seat fighter aircraft dips and dives at lightning speeds as the pages progress. The Spitfire was the most commonly used airplane during the Battle of Britain and was used as both a fighter-bomber and for training.

Replicating the action of old-time film strips, these flipbooks will be a delight for both children and adults, transporting those who flip the pages to Britain's wartime past.

About the author

Imperial War Museums is a British national museum organization with branches at five locations in the United Kingdom, three of which are in London. Its museums record and showcase experiences of modern conflict and uncover the causes, course, and consequences of war, from World War I to the present day.

Product details

• Authors: Imperial War Museum (Great Britain), Imperial War Museums
• Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.2014
• EAN: 9781904897910
• ISBN: 978-1-904897-91-0
• No. of pages: 54
• Dimensions: 58 mm x 103 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 84 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; 1940 bis 1949 n. Chr., Europäische Geschichte, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Luftwaffe und Kriegsführung, Moderne Kriegsführung