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#4430383 - 07/15/18 01:54 AM In case you have not seen this: Ypres from the air 1919  
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#4430391 - 07/15/18 03:01 AM Re: In case you have not seen this: Ypres from the air 1919 [Re: Nowi]  
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Wow, that's incredible. Thanks for sharing.

I've spent a bit of time in Ypres and I still have a hard time trying to fathom that level of destruction, even with all the photos and videos we have available.

#4430399 - 07/15/18 07:23 AM Re: In case you have not seen this: Ypres from the air 1919 [Re: Nowi]  
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Flight dynamics is rather impressive too, commonly the dirigibles are considered as something rather sluggish.

#4430409 - 07/15/18 10:10 AM Re: In case you have not seen this: Ypres from the air 1919 [Re: Nowi]  
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Apparently he flew over most of the front. The film is over 80 minutes long. There’s a Netflix BBC offering on the film. Pretty good.


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#4430534 - 07/16/18 08:11 AM Re: In case you have not seen this: Ypres from the air 1919 [Re: Nowi]  
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Thanks for sharing.
It definitely raised my interest, and I made a little resarch for the entire film as you mentioned, but I couldn't find it. I did find the BBC documentary that attempted to narrate the story behind this footage, but in its whole I found it rather weak. I'd be a lot more interested in finding the original material. What I managed to discover is that it was transferred to digital and named "En dirigeable sur les champs de bataille", transmitted occasionally (?) on French TV.
In this blog https://davidderrick.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/en-dirigeable-sur-les-champs-de-bataille/ there are old (2010-15!) traces of attempts of finding the film, apparently with no result.

Nowi, perhaps you were more lucky?

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