This data supports the article on 'Time-resolved imaging of flyer dynamics for femtosecond laser-induced backward transfer of solid polymer thin films' by M Feinaeugle, P Gregorcic, B Mills, D J Heath and R W Eason, submitted to Applied Surface Science (July 2016). Contact: Ben Mills, Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, SO171BJ, Southampton, UK, bm602@orc.soton.ac.uk. Please contact for additional information. Alternative contact: Rob W Eason, rwe@orc.soton.ac.uk Date collected: 18-23/4/2016 Location: Experiments performed at FASTlab, University of Southampton, ORC, Highfield Campus, b46 figures.zip (compressed) or unpacked: /figures/Time_resolved_shadowgraphy_figures_data_20160713.opj is a file to be read with Origin software containing data for Figures 5-12 and Table1. The .dat files contain data for the single curves shown in those figures, which are duplicated in the .obj file for convenience. The .obj file also contains the plots shown in the respective figures. Fluence_window_calculations.xlsx contains data used for the calculation of transfer fluence window ('FW') as mentioned in section 3.2. LIBT_shadowgraphy_schematics.cdr contains schematics showing experimental setups and principle of the techniques used and can be opened with CorelDraw (X7). LIBT_shadowgraphy_images.cdr contains image data used for Figures4, 9, 10, 11 and also shows the image mask used for projection on the digital micromirror device. Updated:13/07/2016