Title:D-DAY SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIONS, NORMANDY, JUNE 2004 (RAF MOBILE NEWS TEAM TAPE 6) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFR 128
Other titles:RAF STRIKE COMMAND MOBILE NEWS TEAM - MAY 2008 DELIVERY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: HRH The Duke of Kent attends commemorative events in the town of Asnelles-Sur-Mer, France.
Description: I. Duke of Kent in full dress uniform arrives and is greeted by Major Tim Saunders of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment. Introductions to various people including veteran Mr Humphries (in wheelchair) and Major Willis, bandmaster. The Duke, accompanied by Major Saunders, inspects maps, photographs and artifacts relating to the Normandy campaign before getting into a Hagglund BV206 vehicle on the beach at Asnelles-Sur-Mer; the BV206 drives into the water, displaying its amphibious capability.
II. Brief shot of soldiers carrying standards (still furled) along Asnelles street.
III. Brief shot of 231st Brigade monument in Asnelles with Allied flags flying behind.
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)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords:
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: 14 mins (ca)
