SCENES ONBOARD A TUG; DUKWS UNLOAD A CARGO SHIP OFF ARROMANCHES [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SCENES ONBOARD A TUG; DUKWS UNLOAD A CARGO SHIP OFF ARROMANCHES [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 1994
  • Other titles: OPERATION NEPTUNE [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary:
  • Description: I. Scenes onboard a tug operating out of Arromanches. Crew secure the towing hawser round a bollard, and a splicing fid is used to attach a shackle. MS aft to a small coaster under tow - dredger in the background. Captain uses a loudspeaker to hail the coaster. After letting go the tow, crewmen haul in rope. HA.MS to the focsle as crewmen attach a bow fender - the tug is alongside a larger vessel. MSs of HMS Glaisdale underway with two beam tugs. II. MCU of MFVs alongside a Spud (the craft outboard is fitted with an external degaussing cable), and pan along pierheads with tugs and a floating crane alongside. MS from Whale roadway as Bedford OY drives from the pierhead past the camera - Lowestoft Trader in the background. Men transfer mailbags (?) from ship's hold to a waiting lorry. III. Various shots showing DUKWs of 337 GT Company and 377 GT Company RASC receiving a mixed cargo of fuel drums, ammunition, etc, from cargo vessel 317 (engines aft, quarterdeck type - Empire Ness ?).
  • Alternative Title: OPERATION NEPTUNE [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ADM 1994
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-06-24
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor) RN Combat Film Unit No 1 (Production company) Dines, Gordon (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, GLAISDALE (HMS), destroyer (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - destroyer: Glaisdale (object name) ships, British naval - escort: MFV (object name) ships, British civilian - cargo (object name) ships, British civilian - assistance: tug (object name) ships, British civilian - harbour: floating crane (object name) engineering, military, British - Mulberry (object name) transport, United States military - amphibious: DUKW & [British] (object name) transport, British military - truck: Bedford OY (object name) supplies, British, movement [RA] - POL (object name) supplies, British, movement [RA] - munitions (object name) operations, British maritime - routine: ropework (object name) 01/5(4-16).1 (event) Arromanches-les-Bains, Calvados, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 827 ft; Running time: 9 mins
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