ENEMY ACTION [Main Title]

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  • Title: ENEMY ACTION [Main Title]
  • Film Number: BTF 105
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  • Summary:
  • Description: "Bomb damage at Portsmouth Harbour 12/8/40" - Severe damage to station; burnt out carriage. "14/1/41" - Wreckage; sea visible through station floor. "Southampton docks 13/8/40" - Firemen hosing smoking warehouse. "30/11 - 1/12/40" - Interior and exterior damaged warehouses; wrecked rail wagons. "Southwark Street Bridge, Blackfriars, 19/4/41" - Smashed bridge and wagons. "Clapham Junction carriage sheds" - Men clearing carriages with oxy-acetylene torches. "Waterloo general offices" - Bombed out office building. "Waterloo Necropolis" - Damaged platform and carriage at London Necropolis Co. (Funeral Directors).
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: BTF 105
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (BTF 105)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1941
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Southern Railway Film Unit (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: London Necropolis Ltd (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: buildings, British - commercial: railway station (object name) destruction, British military - area: bomb (object name) society, British - precautionary: firefighting (object name) GB, England & Portsmouth, Hants <harbour & Portsmouth Station> (geography) GB, England & Southampton, Hants <Docks> (geography) GB, England & London, SE <Waterloo Station> (geography) GB, England & London, SE <Southwark Street> (geography) GB, England & London, SW <Clapham Junction> (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 816 ft; Running time: 9 mins
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    BTF 105

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