AIR FORMATION SIGNALS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AIR FORMATION SIGNALS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ACB 123
  • Other titles:
  • Summary:
  • Description: A hand barrow is pushed along a country lane, while communication wire is paid out from a spool attached to the barrow. One man pushes the barrow, while another pays out the wire (2 takes). Close-up of a drum of wine ("Do not drop"); the drum begins to rotate.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production company) Hicks (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: engineering, military, British: cable laying (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: 102 ft; Running time: 1 min
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  • Notes: Summary: see remarks to ACB 98. Technical: print is part of a can comprising ACB 123-125. If dopesheet information is followed, the prints are spliced in the order 124, 123, 125 (total length 551 ft).
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ACB 123

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