BRITISH ARMY COLOUR CAMOUFLAGE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR - REEL 2 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BRITISH ARMY COLOUR CAMOUFLAGE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR - REEL 2 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 6378
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN HAROLD GOOD [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Compilation of very short colour sequences shot and listed in series by Corps Camouflage Officer Captain Harold Good during military exercises by various units of British Army 12 Corps in Southern England in 1942 and 1943.
  • Description: [16:00:00] - "Operation Blackcock 17T 8 RIFLES. Well concealed. Given away by domestic mess in scrub." Aerial shot from low altitude of a copse, surrounded by fields Woodland has vehicles concealed by nets in it. "Harlequin - Naval Site." Woodland and fields from high altitude (possible an encampment in fields). [16:00:26] - "H L G Photographing Cuff and Mac in Anson." Soldier taking photographs out of the side window of the plane. Also shot of the RAF navigator making notes in a log book looking at camera and laughing. Shot of pilot smiling and talking. [16:01:17] - "555 Field Coy R. E." (555th Field Company, Royal Engineers). Long pan on the ground of a tree lined field. Farm buildings under trees as well as various vehicles under nets. Soldiers can be seen gathered. More C/U views of vehicles hidden in the shadows of buildings. [16:01:59] - "12th Corps Lead Quat N. Priory." Long pan on ground of vehicles parked and under nets on the roadside. Soldiers can be seen waiting with their vehicles. Pan on ground of hedgerow with netted vehicles, farm buildings in background and MT (Motor Transport) visible under a net. [16:02:46] - "Bomb Crater." Aerial shot at low level of a bomb crater in the middle of a field. [16:02:55] - "Open country - Blandford." Various high altitude aerial shots of fields and open countryside. [16:03:21] - "Blandford - Open country." Very high altitude aerial shots of the countryside. [16:03:32] - "Tudor House Farm." Low altitude aerial shot of an old house. [16:03:39] - "Low Flying Lewes Downs." Three low altitude passes of encampments in gorse and chalky soil. Soldiers can be seen going about their business. Final pass shows vehicle under nets by a hedgerow. [16:04:01] - "Net and Farm Buildings." Ground shot of farm building with tent like net attached to the side. [16:04:07] - "Mortar Thrower B/W." B&W newsreel footage of a German mortar crew firing their mortar. [16:04:12] - "Cobham - Street Farm, Invade Sittingbourne, Twiddle. Bad Good N7." Various high altitude shots of these locations including anti-aircraft sites. [16:05:56] - "Model Ships on Table B/W." C/U of man inspecting model ships. B&W possible newsreel footage. [16:06:05] - "Mortar Position (Display)." Shot on ground of a mortar dug into a field. [16:06:14] - "N. Bottom." High altitude shot of fields with farm buildings and emplacements of some kind. [16:06:41] - "Reflection on Dyke." Low altitude shot of a water way with gun. Light reflects off the water as the plane passes over head. [16:06:50] - "Dive Bombing Attempt, Display Area, Farnham." High altitude shot of countryside. [16:06:56] - "High Shot Farnham Display Area." High altitude shot of fields and woodland. [16:07:13] - "Display." Various high altitude shots of fields and woodland. Some vehicles and the tracks they have made can be seen in some of the shots. There are also B%W stills of some of these scenes shot from the air. [16:09:18] - "Signposting B-Y Bad Bends." C/U of Sign placed on road. Sign reads "To RCL turn left Bloody bad bends". Vehicle wheels can be seen driving past the sign. [16:09:25] - "Display Area - Ground Pattern." High altitude shot of fields and woodland. [16:09:40] - "Dunorlands." High altitude shot of large country house with surrounded by park land and a large lake. [16:09:51] - "Head on, Italian Battleships B/W." B&W newsreel footage of two battleships coming towards camera. [16:10:00] - "Blandford - Lats Display" C/U of trimmed tree branch on framework. [16:10:09] - "Sniper Fitting into B'grd (NBG)." Ground shot of what looks like a pile of autumnal leaves. After a few seconds a soldier stands up from the pile and reveals himself. He is dressed from head to foot in a camouflage cape. [16:10:22] - "Irregular B'grd of Nature." High altitude shot of Moorland, trees and gorse. [16:10:49] - "Water Tower and Disruptive Print." Very short shot from the ground of a water tower painted with foliage style camouflage. [16:10:53] - "Windscreen Shine B/W. " B&W low altitude footage of a village with a car windscreen glinting in the sunshine. [16:10:57] - "Blackcock - 23 Hussars Field Kitchen in Hollow." (11th Armoured Division, 29th Armoured Brigade, 23rd Hussars). Ground shot of two soldiers standing in the middle of a field kitchen. [16:11:01] - "Blandford - Ground Pattern." High altitude shot of a village surrounded by fields and a forest surrounded by fields. [16:11:32] - "Woodlands 8 Roads." High altitude, slow motion of fields and woodland. [16:11:56] - "Blandford - High Shots Display Area." Various high altitude shots of fields and roads. [16:12:48] - "Fortesque - Admin Area - Bentley Wood." B&W stills of forests and fields with vehicles and emplacements. [16:13:14] - "Men in Field (Low)." Low altitude shots of fields with small columns of soldiers crossing them and soldiers lying down eating and relaxing. [16:13:31] - "Blandford Ground , Height 18000ft." High altitude shot of fields. [16:13:51] - "Building Thru Net. (B.G. For Title Hanging Up Nets." Ground shots of a building filmed through a camouflage net. [16:14:01] - "Low Flying Ground Strafing Shots." Low altitude shots of vehicles and men on the ground and in emplacements. [16:14:32] - "Desert Attack B/W." B&W shots from altitude of smoke from artillery barrage. [16:14:42] - "Cloud Layer and Sky." High altitude shot of cloud tops. [16:14:57] - "Ground Pattern." Fairly low altitude shot of fields (aircraft wing comes into frame at the end). [16:15:12] - "Blandford - High Shot Close Country." High altitude shot of fields. [16:15:23] - "Harlequin - Site Occupied by Troops." Various B&W stills of countryside and woodland.
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN HAROLD GOOD [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: Colour (Kodachrome)
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MGH 6378
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
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  • Production Date: 1942
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Good, Harold L (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour (Kodachrome) Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 400 ft; Running time: 10 mins
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    MGH 6378

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    PHO 136 ()
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