LANDING CRAFT ASSEMBLE FOR D-DAY [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: LANDING CRAFT ASSEMBLE FOR D-DAY [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 973
  • Other titles: OPERATION NEPTUNE [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Film shot from a smallcraft underway in a LCT assembly area, in and around Southampton.
  • Description: MCU of afterpart of LCT(4) 500, and pan along the vehicle deck to the starboard bow - the LCT is underway - rating flakes down rope on the focsle. MLS from camera craft underway in estuary - LCT(4)s line the shore, secured by the head, and tugs are anchored in midstream. Cut back to LCT 500 as she passes the camera to berth between a small jetty and a second craft, LCT(4) 7068. Camera craft tracks right, past LCTs berthed on opposite side of the jetty - LCT(4) 1019, 969, and 652 - and then turns, to follow the line of the quay, and tracks from port bow to stern of LCG(M) 119 secured alongside - beneath the LCG's port quarter lies motorboat 079, of Camper and Nicholson's, with a small skiff carried in the stern sheets. Final sequence shows LCT 500 and 652 manoeuvring prior to berthing.
  • Alternative Title: OPERATION NEPTUNE [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: ADM 973
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944
  • Production Country: GB
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 297 ft; Running time: 3 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ADM 973

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