Title:FRONT LINE AIRFIELD - RUNWAY CONSTRUCTION [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ACB 57
Other titles:
Summary:
Description: A truck and mobile crane carry rolls of materials for runway construction. The crane unloads rolls of wire, which are then camouflaged; the area is levelled, and trenches filled in; film of Bulldozer in action; panning shot of various hangars - from British to German; a cricket match is played, with a Typhoon in the background, near a hangar, mechanics work on the Typhoon, stripped to the waist. Close-up of engine and of armourer at work on rockets.
Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production company)
Baylis, Peter (Production individual)
Challis, Christopher George (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Hawker Typhoon (object name)
engineering, military, British: airfield construction (object name)
equipment, British military - engineering: bulldozer (object name)
equipment, British military - engineering: crane (object name)
operations, British air - maintenance (object name)
recreation, British air - sport: cricket (object name)
Normandy, France (geography)