Title:BRITISH TROOPS PARTICIPATE IN PRE-INVASION EXERCISES FOR ALLIED AIRBORNE FORMATIONS (PART 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 7-1
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Summary:Paratroopers serving with the 1st Airborne Division prepare for a parachute drop over Gloucestershire four days before the launching of Operation Mush, a major training exercise involving also the 6th Airborne Division.
Description:Men serving with the 10th Battalion Parachute Regiment load bombcell equipment containers onto the underwing racks of several No 46 Group RAF Dakotas at Down Ampney Aerodrome and don parachute packs before boarding their aircraft. Note that several paratroopers have triangular panels on the backs of their jumping smocks to distinguish them from 6th Airborne Division troops who will act as the enemy in 'Mush'. An Airspeed Horsa glider is towed by a tractor to its dispersal area. Silhouetted against the early morning light, three Dakotas taxi towards the runway. The early morning sky blossoms with parachutes as the 10th Battalion descends earthwards from a formation of Dakotas onto countryside between Cirencester and Lechlade.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:A70 7-1
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-04-20-1944-04-20
Production Country:GB
Production Details:Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Taylor, Alan A.E. (Production individual)
