A VILLAGE WRECKED BY THE FIGHTING IS DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR AN AIRFIELD (PART 2) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: A VILLAGE WRECKED BY THE FIGHTING IS DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR AN AIRFIELD (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 94-5
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  • Summary:
  • Description: As bulldozers clear away the visible traces of the buildings that once constituted Tilly-sur-Seulles, three local inhabitants drive by in a farm cart and witness the final destruction of the village.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-24
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Parkinson (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Engineers (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 30 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: transport, - engineering: bulldozer (object name) demolition, French - clearance (object name) Tilly-sur-Seulles, Calvados, Normandy, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 95 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Note: See with A70 52-2 and 94-4 and refer generally to A70 46-1, 54-2, 3, 55-3, 56-1, 57-7, 63-7, 8, 9, 79-1, 80-3, 108-1, 2, 117-1, 2, 149-1 for footage showing road construction, demolition work, clearance operations, quarrying and airfield repair. No actual airstrip was named after Tilly-sur-Seulles so it would seem that the village was cleared away for the 5,000 yard strip at Lingevres (B.19). Remarks: Best seen with the items of ciné material listed above, notably A70 94-4 which contains complementary footage and A70 52-2, which contains material showing the village of Tilly- sur-Seulles shortly after its capture by 50th (Northumbrian) Division. Documentation/associated material: for a bibliography, refer to the publications listed in A70 54-2 and 'The Path of the 50th - The Story of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division in the Second World War 1939-1945' by Major Clay
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