THE CHANNEL GALE HITS JUNO BEACH (PART 2) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: THE CHANNEL GALE HITS JUNO BEACH (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 53-4
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: Additional footage of the scenes off 'Juno' Beach at Courseulles-sur-Mer during the three-day-long channel gale.
  • Description: A bulldozer from a REME unit serving with No 102 Beach Sub- Area, specially fitted for beach recovery work tows an RAF Matador/Coles mobile crane ashore from one of two RN LCTs lying off-shore at high tide. Tank landing craft waiting to unload vehicles directly onto the beach attempt to gain sea room as the weather worsens; visible amongst them is an LCI(L) fitted out as a brigade HQ assault ship. White horses fleck the crests of waves driven shorewards by the fierce wind. A barrage balloon torn free from its mooring sails over a grounded RN LCT flying an 'out-of- control' ball from its signal lanyards.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: A70 53-4
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-06-20
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Harris, L W J (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Beach Recovery Section (regiment/service) Royal Navy (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, British - balloon: barrage balloon (object name) destruction, French: gale (object name) engineering, military, British - Mulberry: [damaged] (object name) ships, British naval - amphibious: LCT (object name) transport, British military - engineering: bulldozer (object name) transport, British military - engineering: Matador/Coles mobile crane (object name) Juno Beach, Courseulles-sur-Mer, Calvados, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 94 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
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