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Title:RECONSTRUCTION OF CARPIQUET AIRFIELD [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ACB 77
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Summary:
Description: Various shots of damaged hangars (showing bullet holes in the wall, and roof destruction), and of a wrecked Heinkel; more shots of hangar interiors, and of a ruined house nearby; long shot of hangar in the background, with two large lawn rollers in the foreground; film of a wrecked tank (tracks and rear body twisted), and of men walking past damaged buildings; two notices read 'Drive Slow' and 'Dust draws mortar fire', shot of flower pots on the window sill of a bombed house, also of a sign ("CARPIQUET"); members of the Pioneer Corps clear the debris and a bulldozer levels the surface, other 'pioneers' are shown (in detail) mine-detecting in a nearby field, and gently removing a shell from the earth, a corporal (with earphones) stands behind the detector section; close-up of a bulldozer, pushing a large magnet sweeping attachment.