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{{Infobox Movie
|name = Q Planes / Clouds Over Europe
|picture = Clouds Over Europe Poster.jpg
|caption = ''US Theatrical Release Poster''
|country = [[Image:UKD.jpg|25px]] UK
|director = Tim Whelan, Arthur B. Woods
|date= 1939
|language =
|studio= Irving Asher Productions
|distributor=Columbia Pictures
|character1=Tony McVane
|actor1=[[Laurence Olivier]]
|character2=Major Charles Hammond
|actor2=[[Ralph Richardson]]
|character3=Kay Lawrence
|actor3=Valerie Hobson
|character4=Mr. Barrett
|actor4=George Merritt
|character5=Jenkins
|actor5=George Curzon
}}

'''''Clouds Over Europe''''' (US release title) or '''''Q Planes''''' (original UK release title) is a 1939 British spy movie directed by Tim Whelan and Arthur B. Woods and starring [[Laurence Olivier]], [[Ralph Richardson]] and Valerie Hobson. Several British planes mysteriously disappear one after one during their test flights. Major Charles Hammond ([[Ralph Richardson]]) from Secret Service and test pilot Tony McVane ([[Laurence Olivier]]) have to solve the problem and stop the activity of a spy ring that stands behind the mystery.

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== FN Model 1900 ==
[[FN Model 1900]] pistols are seen in hands of various characters, including Major Charles Hammond ([[Ralph Richardson]]) and Tony McVane ([[Laurence Olivier]]).
[[Image:FNM1900.jpg|thumb|none|300px|FN Model 1900 - .32 ACP]]
[[File:Q Planes-Pistol-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Major Hammond draws his pistol.]]
[[File:Q Planes-Pistol-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Tony McVane holds Major Hammond's pistol.]]
[[File:Q Planes-Pistol-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Tony McVane loads his pistol before the flight.]]
[[File:Q Planes-Pistol-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Tony McVane captures a pistol from a ''Viking'' crewmember.]]
[[File:Q Planes-Pistol-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A fellow pilot John Peters ([[John Longden]]) (at the right) with a pistol in hand.]]
[[File:Q Planes-Pistol-6.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A ''Viking'' officer holds a pistol.]]
[[File:Q Planes-Pistol-7.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A slain ''Viking'' crewmember drops his pistol.]]
[[File:Q Planes-Pistol-8.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Baron ([[Gordon McLeod]]) (at the background), the chief of the spy ring, and one of his henchmen fire their pistols.]]
[[File:Q Planes-Pistol-9.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Tony McVane holds a ''Viking'' signalman at gunpoint.]]

== Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* ==
[[Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*]] rifles are used by both crewmembers of ''Viking'' and British sailors.
[[Image:SMLE.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British]]
[[File:Q Planes-SMLE-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|''Viking'' crewmembers with SMLE rifles.]]
[[File:Q Planes-SMLE-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A British pilot holds a captured rifle.]]
[[File:Q Planes-SMLE-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|British sailors escort ''Viking'' crew.]]

== Vickers Mk.1 Machine Gun ==
A [[Vickers Mk.1 Machine Gun]] is operated by crewmembers of ''Viking'' and later by Tony McVane ([[Laurence Olivier]]).
[[Image:Vickers gun.JPG|thumb|none|400px|Vickers gun with ribbed water jacket - .303 British]]
[[File:Q Planes-MG-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|''Viking'' crewmembers aim the machine gun at captured British pilots.]]
[[File:Q Planes-MG-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Tony McVane (in leather jacket) operates the machine gun with the help of another pilot.]]
[[File:Q Planes-MG-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another view at the same scene.]]
[[File:Q Planes-MG-6.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Tony McVane fires the machine gun.]]

== Trivia ==
[[File:Q Planes-Destroyer-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|4.7" QF Mark IX guns on HMS ''Echo''.]]
[[File:Q Planes-Destroyer-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|HMS ''Echo''. She is armed with four 4.7" guns and two quad [[Vickers .50 machine gun]]s, positioned between the funnels.]]

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Clouds Over Europe - Revision history

Jcordell at 14:29, 17 February 2014

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