BRITISH ARMY COLOUR CAMOUFLAGE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR - REEL 30 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BRITISH ARMY COLOUR CAMOUFLAGE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR - REEL 30 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 6406
  • 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: [05:22:11] - "Blackcock - Tanks after attack." Low altitude aerial shot of fields full of tanks and motor transport vehicles. There is also evidence of a camp with soldiers in groups and lines. [05:22:24] - "Blackcock - 6th Guards and tank tracks." Low altitude aerial shot of many tanks lined up along a hedgerow. There are heavy tank track marks in the field. Also a shot of woods with smoke rising from the trees. [05:22:35] - "Harlequin - Tanks Southampton." Low altitude aerial shot of a row of tanks parked up on the verge of a road. They are parked in a small village or town and buildings line the road. (Bad camera shake.) [05:22:49] - "Harlequin - Tanks along rd Southampton area." Similar to previous shot. [05:22:55] - "Harlequin - (red) tank convoy." Similar shot to above. (Bad camera shake.) [05:23:07] - "Hammer tanks." Scratchy low altitude shot of tanks in a field. They have made many tracks in the mud. [05:23:23] - "Pilgrim - tanks along road." Three very low altitude shots of Churchill tanks parked and moving along a country road. There are other vehicles in the column as well. [05:24:09] - "Tanks - concealed among buildings." Low altitude shot of two Churchill tanks parked up in a small village square. [05:24:19] - "Tank - sited close to hedge." Low altitude, very short shot of a farm. No activity is visible. [05:24:27] - "Tank under nets" - Very low altitude fast sweep of a field a netted vehicle can be seen. [05:24:34] - "Tank breaking cover across fields." Low altitude, very poor (camera shake) shot of a column of Churchill tanks on a country lane. Two of the tanks have turned into the field and are making their way across it. [05:24:43] - "Tank along road." Scratchy, low altitude shot of a column of Churchill tanks on a country road. They are approaching a railway line. [05:24:58] - "War flats." Mid altitude shot of a railway line. Two trains can be seen pulling flatbed carriages. [05:25:14] - "Tanks + ?." Several shots low altitude of woodland with Churchill tanks just visible either on the edge of a field or in the woods. [05:26:38] - "2 tanks by wood." Low altitude shot of woods and field. Two objects can be seen on the edge of the wood but they are not identifiable. [05:26:50] - "Blackcock - 6th Guards tanks and nets." Low altitude shot of a field with vehicles parked along the edge. None are identifiable. [05:26:59] - "Fortesque - tanks and tracks across open field." Two low altitude shots of tanks in a field. They have left lots of track marks. [05:27:16] - "2 moving tanks and tracks.” Two low altitude shots of two tanks driving across a field. [05:27:42] - "HQ 6th Guards tankers." Two low altitude shots of an encampment in a small field. There are lots of tents, mess tents and marquees visible, as well as blankets laid out to dry. [05:28:24] - "Blanford - dummy truck." Low altitude shot of a field with dummy tanks in it. [05:28:38] - "Blanford - tank harbour display." - Low altitude shot of a field. No activity visible. [05:28:47] - "Blanford - tanks across field display." High altitude shot of a field with vehicles dotted in rows. [05:28:59] - "Spartan - tank alongside wood display." Low altitude shot of a field and woodland some vehicles can be seen along the edge of the wood. [05:29:16] - "Spartan - Tank by farm/hedge display." Mid-altitude shot of a field. Farm buildings can be seen at the bottom of the shot and a tank can be seen parked by the hedge further up the field. [05:29:31] - "Spartan - tanks at fork roads display." Low altitude shot of a fork in a country road. A farm building can be seen and three tanks in position can also be spotted. [05:29:52] - "Spartan - Bad display scheme." B&W still sequence followed by mid-altitude shot of fields with various vehicles in them. [05:30:31] - "Tank transporter." High altitude shot of fields and a road. No activity is visible. [05:30:46] - "Dummy bridges." Low altitude shot of three dummy bridges across a river. The real bridge can be seen also. [05:30:59] - "Blackcock - M.T. without nets (224 RASC)." (224 Squadron (?) Royal Army Service Corps.) Several ground W/S shots of motor transports parked up in rows. Soldiers can be seen hanging around by the vehicles. The rest of the film is titles and graphics.
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN HAROLD GOOD [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: Colour (Kodachrome)
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MGH 6406
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 1942
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Good, Harold L (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
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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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    MGH 6406

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    PHO 136 ()
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