Documentary Footage

In December 2013, we travelled to Oakey again, to shoot more interviews, cutaways and footage for the doco. It proved to be a very successful trip and a selection of what we shot is shown below.

Another great angle of our ‘Spitfire’ hole being dug, this time with a GoPro fitted to the excavator. This clip was shot on the recent trip by the Broken Wings team to the Darling Downs in Queensland.

The Muntapa rail tunnel south of Cooyar was considered as a disposal location. This clip was shot on the recent trip by the Broken Wings team to the Darling Downs in Queensland.

Using a drone and a GoPro, the Broken Wings team filmed their ‘Spitfire’ hole being dug from the air. This clip was shot on the recent trip by the Broken Wings team to the Darling Downs in Queensland.

James explains the significance of the Lowood bunker to Broken Wings. This clip was shot on the recent trip by the Broken Wings team to the Darling Downs in Queensland.

Another way you could conceal Spitfire crates would be to bury them in already existing trenches, such as disused railway cuttings. This clip was shot on the recent trip by the Broken Wings team to the Darling Downs in Queensland.

How do you visualise what size hole you need to bury a Spitfire? You dig one of course. This clip was shot on the recent trip by the Broken Wings team to the Darling Downs in Queensland.

Footage shot from our production vehicle that shows some of the backroads we drove around as we searched the Lowood location. This clip was shot on the recent trip by the Broken Wings team to the Darling Downs in Queensland.

A short clip featuring James explaining the relevance of the Beith coal mine not far from Acland. This clip was shot on the recent trip by the Broken Wings team to the Darling Downs in Queensland.