| THE CAMERA WAS THERE (aka OPERATION LONGSTOP) Coverage of the biggest airborne mock assault in Britain on Salisbury Plain. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5647 |
| Catalog #: | 7626 | |
| Clip Number: | 7626-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 47/78 | |
| Timecode: | 01:21:55 - 01:24:33 | |
| Location: | Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire. | |
| Year Shot: | 1947 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | EXHIBITIONS: Military LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Wiltshire MILITARY: Army, British MILITARY: Training TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Military TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Parachuting / Skydiving | |
| Description: | THE CAMERA WAS THERE (aka OPERATION LONGSTOP) Coverage of the biggest airborne mock assault in Britain on Salisbury Plain. MS Willie Jordan and Jim Morris at work with title superimposed. MS Airborne troops loaded with packs walking onto the airfield. MS Shots taken from inside and outside a plane as the troops climb in MS Cut in shot of officers watching. CU MS A Dakota aircraft taking off and in flight. Dakotas in flight. CU Paratroopers sitting inside a plane waiting orders to jump. CU a plane discharging its paratroopers. CU Angle shot from inside a plane showing troops jumping out. LS MS Parchutists floating down. CU Cut in shot of Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder watching. CU Cut in shot of Field Marshal Montgomery watching. MS a Paratrooper being dragged along by his parachute after landing. MS An injured paratrooper being carried away on a stretcher. LS a lone of paratroopers running to a plane. MS a battery of press photographers. CU a jeep being unloaded from a glider. CU Driving a jeep off. | |
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