Title:SCENES AT ARROMANCHES AND AT KING BEACH [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ADM 1234B
Other titles:OPERATION NEPTUNE [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes of Royal Navy activity at Arromanches the day after the Normandy landings, with German opposition apparently at an end.
Description: (Reel 1) (Box marked FX/229/44 - Battleship. Cloud effect. Ships together - 2) Three small vessels in line abreast. Destroyers escort smaller vessels in foreground, with much naval activity as LCAs move to and from the shore to disembark soldiers. Distant view of Normandy coastline, with smokescreen (?) visible.
(Reel 2) (Box marked 1269019 - Troops Disembarking - 4; Copy Room SHAFE 12 June 1944) View from beach of stranded «LCT 555» by shore. Up on beach edge, a stranded amphibious tank marked 55. In background a German concrete pill box with Union Jack flying after its capture the previuos, with British Army soldiers in foreground. Red and white flag flies (left of frame). Close up of «LCT 55». Row of beached LCA's, numbered «413», «28?», «383», «503». German and French bilingual yellow sign reads "Achtung Minen! - Attention aux Mines!" Soldiers in line wade from LCA off shore towards beach (soft focus in poor light).
(Reel 3) (Box marked 1269019 - Sea and Boats - 6; Copy Room SHAFE 12 June 1944) Ships at sea with barrage balloons flying; sunny weather. Ship being towed (Mulberry blockship?). Battleship in distance. General view of large fleet of ships.
Alternative Title:OPERATION NEPTUNE [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
RN Film Combat Unit No 2 (Production company)
Beeson, Paul1921-11-162001-07-19Born Hammersmith, London as Paul Antonio Charles Beeson. Died Gerrards Cross. Obituary at http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/beeson.htm Accessed 11 January 2011 (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, FERNIE (HMS), escort destroyer (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, COTTESMORE (HMS), destroyer (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, DANAE (HMS), frigate (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, ARGONAUT (HMS), light cruiser (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, HDML 1001 (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, ARISTOCRAT (HMS) (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, LCPSY 177 (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, ADVENTURE (HMS), minelayer (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, LCT 555 (regiment/service)
Keywords: ships, British naval - cruiser: Danae (object name)
ships, British naval - cruiser: Argonaut (object name)
ships, British naval - destroyer: Fernie (L.11) (object name)
ships, British naval - destroyer: Cottesmore (L.78) (object name)
ships, British naval - light forces: HDML 1001 (object name)
ships, British naval - amphibious: LCP[SY] 177 (object name)
ships, British naval - amphibious: LSE Adventure (object name)
ships, British naval - amphibious: LCT[4] 555 & [wrecked] (object name)
Second World War & Operation Neptune & 7/6/1944 (event)
Arromanches-les-Bains, Calvados, France (geography)
