Title:BRITISH TROOPS PARTICIPATE IN PRE-INVASION EXERCISES FOR ALLIED AIRBORNE FORMATIONS (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 7-2
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Summary:Troops serving with the 1st Airborne Division carry out a series of exercises in southern England prior to Operation Mush, the major pre-invasion manoeuvres for the Allied airborne formations.
Description:Horsa gliders, some bearing USAAF markings, carrying men of the 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment come into land at Aldermaston Airfield, Berkshire. USAAF ground crew and British airborne troops gather round a wrecked glider which broke in two on landing and unload equipment from it; elsewhere troops take up mock defensive positions around the glider landing zone. American Dodge three-quarter-ton trucks tow Horsas allocated to US airborne troops to their dispersal aprons; lined up on the airfield in the background are C-47 Dakotas from 9th US Troop Carrier Command's 53rd Wing. A five-man team from the South Staffordshire's anti-tank platoon rides off to battle on a jeep and 6-pounder anti-tank gun.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:A70 7-2
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-04-21-1944-04-21
Production Country:GB
Production Details:Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Carpenter, L (Production individual)
