ENGLISH COASTAL DEFENCES [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ENGLISH COASTAL DEFENCES [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 26-2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Firing of six-inch coast defence guns at Frinton-on-Sea, new gun emplacements. Cleaning guns - gun crew running to gun pits for action. Bren gun crew on watch on top of newly constructed pill box. Royal Scots Fusiliers drill on beach in front of gun emplacements and barbed wire, bayonet drill.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 26-2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (AYY 26-2)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1940-06
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Massey-Collier, Gerry1911-10-14 (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 387 ft; Running time: 4 mins
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    AYY 26-2

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