FRONT LINE AIRFIELD (AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: FRONT LINE AIRFIELD (AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ACB 118
  • Other titles:
  • Summary:
  • Description: Various close-ups of a man driving a bulldozer (E 293530 "The Dive Bomber"), and of his hands at the controls. Shot of a crane cabin, and of the controls. A truck is unloaded: rockets (without heads) and boxes of equipment are already laid out on the ground nearby. Two Typhoons come in to land, one making a steep descent.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-11
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production company) Eades (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Hawker Typhoon (object name) equipment, British military - engineering: crane (object name) supplies, British, movement [FA] - misc (object name) transport, British military - engineering: bulldozer (object name) 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: 195 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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  • Notes: Summary: see remarks to ACB 25. Technical: fine grain is part of a can comprising ACB 117-120 (total length 1267 ft). Print is also part of a can ACB 117-120 and is 135 ft (no Typhoon footage).
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ACB 118

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