SCENES FOR PRODUCTION 'X' [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SCENES FOR PRODUCTION 'X' [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ACB 18
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Evening shots: airmen play cards; the Sergeant is reading a newspaper, looks up at the sky; two officers walk by, down a country lane; the Sergeant walks towards the camera, through some long grass (various takes), airmen sit near a tent; the sergeant strokes a dog; close-ups of airmen's faces - one chews a straw, another smokes. Day shots: panning shots of surrounding countryside; men walk to their tents; in a mobile dental workshop, a dentist works on false teeth. Film of ships landing near a beach, with barrage balloons in the background. An airman looks down at the sea, and at the previous 'scene'.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: ACB 18
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-04-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production company) Challis, Christopher George (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service) Royal Navy (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: recreation, British air - casual (object name) operations, British air - routine (object name) medical, British military - routine: dentistry (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: 547 ft; Running time: 5 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ACB 18

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