SCENES FOR PRODUCTION 'X' [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SCENES FOR PRODUCTION 'X' [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ACB 1
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  • Summary:
  • Description: I. The Sergeant works underneath the engine of a Fordson utility truck; he reaches for his tools. II. The Sergeant walks towards a well, situated outside a thatched cottage, with a bucket in his hand; he draws water (2 versions); various shots of the cottage (upper window, front door). As the Sergeant winds the well handle, he pauses to listen, and lets go of the wheel. He pours water into the bucket, and walks towards the cottage. III. The Sergeant sits by a haystack, sewing his tunic; he drops his needle. IV. An airman throws darts at a board hanging on a tree; another looks on (three versions, until the airman scores adequately...). V. Panning shot of the countryside; another shot of the cottage window; various shots of farmyard animals (ducks, rabbits in cages); shots of washing, hanging near the cottage, and of the sky, the Sergeant listens, two panning shots of the countryside, and of cows grazing.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-06-06
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production company) Challis, Christopher George (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: operations, British military - routine (object name) recreation, British military - casual (object name) transport, British military - truck: Fordson (object name) GB, England (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 630 ft; Running time: 6 mins
  • Notes: Remarks: for details of Production X, see remarks to ACA 26. Technical: SP of ACB 1 is in a separate can. P is in a can comprising ACB 1-3 (total length: 1007 ft). The print of ACB 1 (363 ft) omits the Fordson utility sequence, has a different version of the haystack sequence, and omits the panning shots of the countryside, the washing sequence.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ACB 1

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