MPS' VISIT TO AIRBORNE FORCES [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: MPS' VISIT TO AIRBORNE FORCES [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 325
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Films taken by different cameraman at the visit of various Members of Parliament to airborne forces at Netheravon, Wiltshire.
  • Description: MPs in the restaurant car of a train between Waterloo station, London and Andover. MPs arriving at Andover station. Airborne troops on parade waiting for the inspection, there are planes visible in the background. The MPs inspect the paratroopers. Troops on the march, preparing to board the gliders. A group of MPs inspect the interior of a bomber plane. A Whitley bomber taking off after gliders carrying the MPs had left. MPs entering the theatre after leaving the scene of demonstration at Dumbell Copse following a crash. General Browning talking to MPs inside. A welder at work in the building where the display of Airborne equipment was being held. MPs inspecting the interior of a tank. MPs wandering around the showroom. MPs entering a glider. The glider takes off. MPs and officers. MPs and officers near Dumbell Copse. MPs walking over from bus to inspect air parachutists. MPs inspecting different aircraft. The MPs include Ellen Wilkinson, Vernon Bartlett, Mrs Tate and W W Wakefield. Various planes and gliders. The Airborne's Flying Horse crest. Gliders leaving the aerodrome. The MPs' glider which crashed. MPs inspecting Airborne equipment. Jeeps, motorcycles and Bofors anti-aircraft guns. An Airborne trooper welding. Mrs Tate releases pigeons. MPs entering a glider, which is towed by a Whitley bomber. The glider pilot at the controls during take-off. The glider crash lands due to bad weather. Various shots of the crashed glider. A second glider carrying MPs also crashes, causing a few minor injuries. Mrs Tate viewing a box of instruments at the equipment display. She chats to officers. A soldier working a lathe while Mrs Dunn looks on. A light Howitzer. Brigadier A G Neville, W W Wakefield and Major Woolley inspecting different types of mines. Instructors explain the "Beehive Charge" to the above men. Tank accessories and decoy crackers are inspected. A man welding.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 325
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-01-28
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Richiardi (Sergeant) (Production individual) Axtell, A E (Production individual) Fletcher (Captain) (Production individual) Nix, F G (Production individual) Gemmell, J (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Wilkinson, Ellen Cecily (person) Bartlett, Charles Vernon Oldfield (person) Tate, Mavis Constance (person) British Army (regiment/service) Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Netheravon, Wiltshire, England, UK (geography) Airborne Forces (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 1128 ft; Running time: 12 mins
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