Title:ROADS NEAR THE INVASION EMBARKATION PORTS ARE PREPARED FOR HEAVY TRAFFIC (PART 4) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 17-3
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Summary:Scenes showing road construction/widening in the Bovington and Southampton areas.
Description:I. Lines of empty tents await the arrival of troops in C1 transit camp in Southampton. The camera studies three of the various direction and warning signs in the camp. US and British Army personnel stand around at the camp's entrance, decorated with stars and stripes and Union Jacks.
II. Recently painted parking bays on the A32 road in Wickham await the arrival of military vehicles.
III. A Commer three-tonner and a Dennis tipper lorry drive past an earth excavator at work on a road intented for use by armoured units based at the nearby Royal Armoured Corps camp at Bovingdon in Dorset.
IV. A 150-year-old tree is felled in the grounds of Longford Castle during road-widening work on the A354 Salisbury-Southampton Road.
V. Two military policemen paint parking-bay markings in Wickham.
VI. The recently-widened A354 Dorchester-Salisbury road awaits use by military convoys.
VII. At the Royal Engineers' road construction unit site near Bovingdon, an earth excavator and two D4 bulldozers clear away soil and undergrowth. A tree is pulled down with some difficulty by a D8 tractor.
Production Details:Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production Company)
Harris, L W J (Production individual)
