Making Airfield + Invasion Scenes 1944

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Unused / unissued material - dates and locations unclear or unknown.

Various shots Royal Engineers regiment building an airfield - probably temporary airstrip in France, after D-day. Mechanical diggers, bulldozers and steam rollers shift the earth, sappers then level ground and clear undergrowth....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
61975
Sort Number:
UN 0895 C
Time in/Out:
01:45:55:00 / 01:56:32:00
Canister:
UN 895 C
Film ID:
1979.14
Issue Date:

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