AIRFIELD ON THE MOVE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AIRFIELD ON THE MOVE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ACB 14
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Panning shot of noticeboard (124 A/F.S.P.), and of sentry standing guard, as road convoy passes. Despatch riders precede the convoy, along a country road; various shots of the convoy (trucks, jeeps, trailers) on the move through villages etc, the convoy passes through Salisbury; and join other RAF lorries in a yard. A mechanic works on a lorry engine, applying waterproofing compound, and fixing a hose-joint. An RAF officer addresses the convoy crew. Various shots of trucks lined up in a field (types 1300, 1200, 1500 and 315), and of tents nearby, men lie down on blankets outside tents, one reads the News of the World. A cook stands outside the stones cutting bacon, while two others sharpen knives. Men march to the cookhouse (Camp 1 is written on a can) and are given bread rations. Drivers are briefed, and the waterproofing process continues. A long queue of trucks prepares to move off. Another country road sequence shows trucks towing airfield construction equipment.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-06-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production company) Shearman (Squadron Leader) (Production individual) Hodges, Ken (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: operations, British air - movement: road (object name) operations, British air - preparation: waterproofing vehicles (object name) operations, British air - routine: tented camp (object name) recreation, British air - casual (object name) society, British air - sustenance (object name) transport, British air - truck (object name) Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK (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: 1037 ft; Running time: 10 mins
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  • Notes: Summary: according to 'Daily Progress Report' the trucks massed in the concentration area belong to B Echelon of a wing of three Typhoon squadrons.
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