Title:PREPARATIONS FOR D-DAY NEAR THE INVASION EMBARKATION PORTS IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 19-2
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Summary: Roads and embarkation ports are made ready for the pre-D-Day build-up.
Description: I. A CMP lance-corporal (wearing a Northern Ireland Military District flash on his shoulder) directs military traffic at a cross-roads on the A31 'Hogsback' road near Guildford in Surrey. In the background is a steam roller completes work on the recently-widened tarmac road. The cameraman studies various warning signs put up by RAC personnel placing restrictions on civilian and military use of certain sections of the road.
II. Civilian workmen lay prefabricated concrete sections at low tide in Gosport during the construction of an embarkation 'hard'.
III. Military direction signs adorn a newly-constructed dual- carriageway section of the A33 (?) near Winchester. A 15cwt truck drives past No 19 AFV depot on the A33 Winchester bypass where men can be seen at work on a Churchill tank. M10 Achilles 17- pounder SPGs are towed on M9 trailers by RASC Diamond T M19 prime movers along the A31 Winchester-Guildford road. The camera examines the picturesque parish church of Herriard together with its overgrown cemetery.
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 Army Service Corps (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Military Police Corps, Northern Ireland personnel (regiment/service)
Keywords: armour, British - tank: Churchill (object name)
armour, United States - SPG: M10 Achilles & [British] (object name)
buildings, British - religious: Herriard parish church and cemetery (object name)
engineering, civilian, British: construction of embarkation 'hard (object name)
engineering, civilian, British: road widening (object name)
operations, British military - movement: road (object name)
operations, British military - preparation: D-Day (object name)
transport, British civilian - engineering: steam roller (object name)
transport, British military - : M9 trailer (object name)
transport, British military - prime mover: Diamond T M19 (object name)
transport, British military - truck: 15cwt truck (object name)
Gosport, Hampshire, England, UK (geography)
GB, England & Guildford, Surrey <A31 'Hogsback' road> (geography)
GB, England & Herriard, Hants <parish church> (geography)
GB, England & Surrey <Number 19 AFV depot> (geography)
GB, England & Surrey <A31 Winchester-Guildford road> (geography)
GB, England & Winchester area, Hants <A33 road> (geography)
