BRITISH ARMY COLOUR CAMOUFLAGE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR - REEL 28 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BRITISH ARMY COLOUR CAMOUFLAGE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR - REEL 28 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 6404
  • 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: "Blackcock - M.T. well concealed along road verge." - Several mid-altitude shots of a country road. We can see some vehicles but are not identifiable. "Mobile unit well concealed etc." - Several high altitude shots of fields and woodland. No activity can be seen. "Pilgrim - MT attached farm buildings." - Two aerial shots of motor transports netted next to a farm building in the middle of a field. "Blackcock - dummy minefields." - Mid altitude shot of a field. We can see lines and lines of white dots which are the dummy mines. "Mines display." - Two ground C/U shots of the mines. "Blanford dummy dump." - Low altitudes shot of a dummy encampment. No activity can be seen. "Dump display." - High altitude shot of a dummy encampment in a field. Blanford - dump work commenced."- Ground W/S of a field. No activity is visible. "Blackcock - blankets etc. (after attack)." - High altitude shot of a field and encampment we can see blankets laid out to dry across the field. "Blackcock- smoke from 6th Guards position." - High altitude shot of a wood on the edge of a field. Smoke can be seen rising from the treeline. "Blackcock - smoke from 1st Arm Coldstream - harbour." - (1st Armoured Brigade, Coldstream Guards.) High altitude shot of fields and a wood. Smoke can be seen rising from the woods. "Blackcock - smoke and fires." - C/U ground shots of men round camp fires. "HQ 2 Corps." - C/U ground shot of motor transport under camouflaged netting and a tree in the middle of a field. "Harlequin - Black signposting." - C/U of a sign which reads "Regimental aid post. Slow dangerous bends." Sequence of B&W photos with animated arrows and some B&W moving footage. "Blackcock - men feeding and tracks." - Low altitude shot of a field packed with vehicles and men. They are queuing to eat. Also a shot of vehicle tracks made in the mud. "Blackcock - men in open and white marks." - Low altitude shots of soldiers lying and walking around fields in large groups. Also shots of chalk lines (?) on grass in fields. "Harlequin - unidentified site." - Two high altitude shots of fields and woods. "Pilgrim - inferior air view stuff." - Several mid-altitude shots of fields with emplacements in them. "Fortesque - plane shadow and clouds." - Shot of the shadow of the plane that Harold is in on the tops of clouds. "Anson shadow." - Shot of the shadow of the camera plane skimming across the countryside. Also when taking off. B&W sequence. "Farnham - operational speed over dummies." - Several high altitude shots of countryside. "Farnham - ground strafing." - Several low altitude, high speed passes over emplacements.
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN HAROLD GOOD [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: Colour (Kodachrome)
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  • Object_Number: MGH 6404
  • 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: 350 ft; Running time: 9 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    MGH 6404

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    PHO 136 ()
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