Description: Men cram a parachute into a small pack - film of a pile of these packs near some bushes; airmen have a bath, while others swim off the beach (convoy ships in the background), one airman is about to undress for a swim, but sees the camera coming. Shots of rockets, of men loading rocket (explosive) heads onto a truck, and of men loading boxes (containing rocket motor mechanisms) onto another truck. An airman counts the remaining boxes, while another checks the number of rockets piled up nearby.
Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production company)
Hicks (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
Keywords: equipment, British air - personal: parachute (object name)
operations, British air - routine (object name)
operations, British air - salvage: parachutes (object name)
recreation, British air - casual: bathing (object name)
supplies, British, storage [FA] - munitions (object name)
weapons, British - rocket (object name)
Normandy, France (geography)
