Title:D-DAY SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIONS, NORMANDY, JUNE 2004 (RAF MOBILE NEWS TEAM TAPE 4) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFR 126
Other titles:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Normandy commemorative activities on landing beach at Asnelles-Sur-Mer.
Description: Asnelles-Sur-Mer beach: children at play. US and British flags. Scenes on board US Army DUKW in the water off the Normandy coast: children as well as soldiers are on board. It comes ashore on beach beside a tracked vehicle. Close ups of French Tricolore, US Stars and Stripes, Canadian flag and Union flag. Plaque on the side of an 88mm gun emplacement (taken out on D-Day by the Essex Yeomanry under Sergeant R E Palmer). Dog plays on beach. Helicopter flies overhead. Shots of DUKWs from shore, as spectators watch. DUKW USA 7012SI passes close to camera. Line of US jeeps and trucks drives past. Offshore, landing craft of various types can be seen approaching on the horizon, they turn and approach the shore; their bow doors lower as they near the beach. Crowds applaud as the craft (both WW2 and modern designs) line up just off-shore. Royal Marines standard is unfurled. Vehicles drive ashore
Alternative Title:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production sponsor)
RAF Strike Command Media Services (Video) Mobile News Team (Production company)
Sutton, Mark (Production individual)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: None
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: DVCPRO
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 33; Running time: 27 mins
