THE AFTERMATH OF A LUFTWAFFE BOMBING RAID ON EINDHOVEN [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: THE AFTERMATH OF A LUFTWAFFE BOMBING RAID ON EINDHOVEN [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 164-5
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  • Description: Gutted and shattered buildings line the main thoroughfares of Eindhoven following a Luftwaffe air raid on 30th Corps lines of communication through the town the previous evening (19th September 1944). Broken masonry, shattered glass and fancy paper from the previous day's liberation celebrations lie scattered over the street near a shop front. The camera examines platform covers at Eindhoven's railway station which were damaged by bomb splinters and blast.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 164-5
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-09-20
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Leatherbarrow, RichardPrior to the Second World War Leatherbarrow was a portrait photographer. During the Second World War he joined the Royal Armoured Corps, transferring to the Army Film and Photographic Unit in 1943, when he received training at Pinewood. He was one of the cameramen on Juno Beach during the D-Day Landings. (Production individual)
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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 Footage: 95 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
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