NORMANDY BEACHHEAD SCENES FILMED FROM A LANDING CRAFT [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: NORMANDY BEACHHEAD SCENES FILMED FROM A LANDING CRAFT [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 4691
  • Other titles: LESLIE FOWLER AMATEUR FILM [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Black and white and colour amateur film shot by Sub-Lieutenant Leslie Fowler RNVR while commanding a Tank Landing Craft (LCT 2130) on 6 June 1944 (or shortly afterwards). Black and white footage of the unloading of soldiers and trucks off Normandy beachhead, while other vessels burn. Colour scenes ashore near Courseulles, repair of LCT 2130 and unloading further supplies under protection of barrage balloons.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: LESLIE FOWLER AMATEUR FILM [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MGH 4691
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
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  • Production Date: 1944-06
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Fowler, Leslie (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: Std 8mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Running time: (16 fps)
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    MGH 4691

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    MGH 4692 (NORMANDY AND NETHERLANDS SCENES FILMED FROM A LANDING CRAFT [Allocated Title])
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