RAF BOMBER COMMAND ATTACK ON CAUMONT AND VILLIERS BOCAGE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RAF BOMBER COMMAND ATTACK ON CAUMONT AND VILLIERS BOCAGE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: OPX 185
  • Other titles: BOMBER COMMAND OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Day attack by Avro Lancaster bombers of RAAF 463 Squadron against German positions in front of a mainly American ground attack in the Caumont-Villiers Bocage area, France. Filmed by on board cameras. Camera plane piloted by Flight Lieutenant Merrill.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: BOMBER COMMAND OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: OPX 185
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Film: IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-30-1944-07-30
  • Production Country:GB
  • Production Details:Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) RAF Bomber Command (Production company) Loftus (Flight Lieutenant) (Production individual) Buckland, R A (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics:Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details:35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 260 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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    OPX 185

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