SEQUENCES FOR PRODUCTION 'X' (TO PRECEDE ACB 109) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SEQUENCES FOR PRODUCTION 'X' (TO PRECEDE ACB 109) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ACB 110
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Shots of a line of men entering an LST, on a ramp, are followed by film of the entrance to the hold, and of men aboard the LST; the Sergeant drives his RAF truck down the ramp, and onto the pier; the truck is turned onto the bridge connecting pier to shore - panning shot of harbour, small boats, DUKWs and cargo vessels in the background.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-07
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production company) Shearman (Squadron Leader) (Production individual) Baker, L A C (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: AP.A (regiment/service) Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: engineering, military, British - Mulberry (object name) operations, British military - amphibious (object name) ships, British naval - amphibious: LST (object name) Mulberry Harbour, Arromanches, 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: 127 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • Notes: Summary: see ACB 108 - traffic footage which follows this sequence of the Sergeant's first arrival in France. On progress report, the Sergeant is named (for the first time) as 'Sergeant Eades' (the name of an RAF cameraman). (For details of Production X, see ACA 26.) Technical: print of ACB 108 is in a can comprising ACB 108-111 (total length 859 ft).
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ACB 110

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