Title:THE NIJMEGEN REFUGEE CENTRE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 172-5
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Summary:
Description: Dutch refugees, forced to leave their homes in the Nijmegen area on account of the heavy fighting that has destroyed their homes, gather at a refugee centre in Nijmegen. Young children watch Allied aircraft fly overhead from air raid shelters now used as accommodation for hundreds of homeless people. A communal kitchen serves out soup or porridge to a line of refugees, who do not appear to be particularly happy at their plight.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:A70 172-5
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-09-30
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Army Film 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)
