SEQUENCES FOR PRODUCTION 'X', FOR USE WITH 'GRIPPER'S CROSS' FOOTAGE (ACB 108, 109, 115) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SEQUENCES FOR PRODUCTION 'X', FOR USE WITH 'GRIPPER'S CROSS' FOOTAGE (ACB 108, 109, 115) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ACB 125
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  • Summary:
  • Description: A street scene in Caen, filmed in front of J Bourgart's Patisserie, and Confiserie. Group of civilians including some nuns) walk past, and some army trucks (both covered and open), jeeps etc., are driven down the street nearby. Shots of a statue (an old soldier, with 3 Allied flags placed in his fist). Film of a French notice, ("Citoyens, vous e'tes Libres") and porter warning about the black market; also of 'Alimentation' shop sign and 'Boucherie': French civilians stand on a balcony; a truck is driven past a church; brief shot of an airman taking an al fresco bath and cursing the cameraman.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-15
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production company) Baylis, Peter (Production individual) Challis, Christopher George (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: AP.A (regiment/service) Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: buildings, French - commercial: patisserie (object name) operations, Allied military - movement: road (object name) propaganda, French - inspirational: posters (object name) Caen, 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: 363 ft; Running time: 4 mins
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  • Notes: Technical: print is part of a can comprising ACB 123-125 (marked ACB 123+5). 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 125

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