Title:BRITISH ARMY COLOUR CAMOUFLAGE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR - REEL 8 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 6384
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: [17:22:57] - "Surplus 83rd Scheme R.A. Air." (83rd (Welsh) Field Regiment. Royal Artillery.) Mid-altitude aerial shot of a field surrounded by woods. In the field can be seen several netted emplacements. Also various low altitude aerial shots of encampments. These are shot as the camera plane flies over at high speed and there is a lot of camera shake but in some tents and vehicles (Morris Quads) can be seen.
[17:24:26] - "H/Q Before and After Occupation. Anim." Various B&W aerial stills with animated black arrow.
[17:25:02] - "R/A After 3 Yrs of War. Sepia." (Royal Artillery.) Various b&W stills with animated arrows.
[17:25:32] - "Two Bad Wagon Lines. Sepia." Various B&W stills with animated arrows.
[17:26:09] - "Pilgrim - Good Wagon Lines. Sepia." - B&W still image of a farm building with animated arrow.
[17:26:23] - "Pilgrim - Flying Op." Various low altitude shots. First shot shows a small reconnaissance plane parked in a field. Another, temporary looking structure can be seen behind the plane. Then second shot shows a similar plane (Taylorcraft Auster) parked on the edge of a field next to a wood.
[17:26:42] - "Light AA Shots - Shelling Menace." Various low altitude shots in B&W of a Light Anti-Aircraft Gun being set up.
[17:27:26] - "Movement Close to B'grnd." B&W still with animated arrow.
[17:27:39] - "Hoop Sile Attached to Hedge." B&W still with animated arrow.
[17:27:57] - "Neglect of 1 Point of Camera." Two mid-altitude shots of fields. Some tracks are shown. There then appears a B&W still with animated arrow. After this there is a low altitude aerial shot of of a field edged and trees. In the trees can be seen nissen huts and vehicles, but the vehicles cannot be identified. The final two shots in this section are from a high altitude and show fields in the sunlight.
[17:29:40] - "Desert - Gun Dug In" B&W moving footage from newsreel of artillery pieces firing.
[17:29:44] - "German - Railway Artillery Firing." More B&W newsreel footage. This shows very large artillery guns mounted on train bogeys, raised in firing position. There then follows several shots of the guns being fired in various situations.
[17:30:37] - "Huns Manning Guns." B&W newsreel shots of German soldiers running through a trench to a gun emplacement.
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN HAROLD GOOD [Alternative Title]
