Title:PARATROOPERS OF THE 1ST AIRBORNE DIVISION PREPARE FOR TAKE- OFF [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 160-5
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Summary:
Description:Men serving with the 1st Battalion the Parachute Regiment chat among themselves, exchange jokes and have their last cigarette before donning their parachute packs as C-47 Dakotas belonging to the 9th US Troop Carrier Command start their engines in preparation for the flight from Grantham, Lincolnshire, to drop zones west of Arnhem in southern Holland.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:A70 160-5
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-09-17-1944-09-17
Production Country:GB
Production Details:Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production Company)
Lewis, C M (Production individual)
