RECONSTRUCTION OF CARPIQUET AIRFIELD [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RECONSTRUCTION OF CARPIQUET AIRFIELD [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ACB 78
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Panning shot from airfield to a magnetic sweeper in action (US); the driver gets down and adjusts the engine; film of the sweeper ('Dorothy') advancing towards the camera.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ACB 78
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-25
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production company) Hodges, Ken (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: United States Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: engineering, military, Allied: airfield construction (object name) equipment, United States military - damage control: magnetic sweeper (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: 86 ft; Running time: 1 min
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ACB 78

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    ACB 77 (RECONSTRUCTION OF CARPIQUET AIRFIELD [Allocated Title]) Film:OPT 86 (RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON CARPIQUET [Allocated Title]) Film:OPT 87 (RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON CARPIQUET [Allocated Title]) Film:OPT 88 (RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON CARPIQUET [Allocated Title])
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