Making Airfield After DDay Landings 1944

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Unissued / Unused material. • Advanced Landing Ground B-3 (ALG B-3) at the village of St Croix-sur-Mer, Normandy. • L/S British troops using bulldozer type machines to level ground to build new airfield. M/S as a jeep speeds through. Various shots of the vehicles used. Soldiers use markers to plot out the runway. Various shots runway being prepared, the ground is raked over. Various shots as supplies arrive and they gather round to unload them. • Various out of focus shots of Spitfire aeroplanes on the ground. Various shots of the R.A.F. (Royal Air Force) crew standing around them. Various shots as planes are maintained and checked. M/S as Spitfire taxis and takes off. Various shots of Spitfires on ground. M/S pilot in cockpit. Good M/S Spitfire taxiing and taking off. M/S man ploughing field. M/S as a pilot is helped out of the cockpit. Various shots as he walks away with other servicemen. M/S as he is briefed by a senior officer. • L/S fleet of ships at sea, barrage balloons fly overhead, the camera pans across them. M/S lorries on landing craft on way to beach. Soldiers look over the side. Various shots landing craft with equipment and men arriving at beach. • FILM ID:1969.01 • A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ • FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/ • British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/

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