PADDINGTON AIR RAID DAMAGE 22ND MARCH 1944 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: PADDINGTON AIR RAID DAMAGE 22ND MARCH 1944 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BTF 402
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  • Summary:
  • Description: General shot of Paddington station interior with large hole through roof and a large number of men working on smashed tracks and platform. Shots of roof with broken girders and glass, man dislodging loose parts of roof. Workers clearing tracks and platform, laying new drain pipe sections etc (various shots), normal train services in background. Unloading sand (?) from rail wagons. Lines of workers installing new lengths of rail, trains coming and going as work proceeds. Workers lining up for tea from urn. Clearing debris from platform. Rebuilding section of platform (?). Steam crane bringing in girder for temporary roof pier. Stages in construction of roof pier. Passenger trains arriving next to pier.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BTF 402
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (BTF 402)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: London Midland and Scottish Railway (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: destruction, British military - area: bomb (object name) equipment, British civilian - engineering: steam crane (object name) operations, British civilian - clearance (?): bomb clearance (object name) transport, British civilian - rail (object name) GB, England & London, W <Paddington Station> (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 826 ft; Running time: 1 min
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BTF 402

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