RECONSTRUCTION OF CARPIQUET AIRFIELD [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RECONSTRUCTION OF CARPIQUET AIRFIELD [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ACB 77
  • Other titles:
  • 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.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-25
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production company) Challis, Christopher George (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Pioneer Corps (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, German - combat: Heinkel & [wrecked] (object name) buildings, French - military: aircraft hangar & [damaged] (object name) destruction, French military - area: bomb (object name) operations, British military - mines: clearance (object name) transport, British military - engineering: bulldozer (object name) Carpiquet, Calvados, France (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: 772 ft; Running time: 8 mins
  • HD Media:
  • Notes: Summary: RAFFPU memo attached to dopesheet explains story: project continues in ACB 78, 80, 149. Technical: print is part of a can comprising ACB 76 and 77 (total length: 1006 ft).
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ACB 77

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    ACB 78 (RECONSTRUCTION OF CARPIQUET AIRFIELD [Allocated Title])
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