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• RAF PIGEON 'GUSTAVE' - THE FIRST TO BRING BACK A REUTERS MESSAGE FROM NORMANDY [Allocated Title]

  (film) Made by: Hodges, Ken (Production individual) 1944-06-07

  The pigeon lands on the loft; a corporal hands the bird to a sergeant, who tries to detach the message (three versions, until the sergeant manages to detach and open it successfully); a Dakota is seen on the runway, with a pigeon basket placed beside it...

• PEGASUS BRIDGE [Allocated Title]

  (film) Made by: Hodges, Ken (Production individual) 1944-07-28

  Film of two wrecked gliders (Horsas) - one with no nose, the other with twisted wings - is followed by a sequence in which a man walks up to four wooden crosses nearby. Close-up of a glider, which has crushed near a farm gate. Cows graze under the wing...

• PLOTTING A V1 (AA GUN DEFENCE) [Allocated Title]

  (film) Made by: Hodges, Ken (Production individual) 1944-07-07

  An AA gun scans the horizon, is loaded and fired. At GHQ, an operator studies the plotting chart, and talks into a microphone. Another operator gets the message, tells another officer, who relays it by phone (close-ups of officer). An AA gun traverses,...

• DEFENCE AGAINST V1S [Allocated Title]

  (film) Made by: Hodges, Ken (Production individual) 1944-06-29

  AA guns are shown in action (at night); a V1 is brought down over the sea (in the far distance), ground to air shot of Tempest climbing, a Tempest chases a V1 (brief shot); another is seen flying over Hastings (briefly) and exploding in the sky, a...

• AIR FORMATION SIGNALS [Allocated Title]

  (film) Made by: Hodges, Ken (Production individual) 1944-08-03

  (Continuation of ACB 98.) Panning shot (left to right) of communication cable at ground level, ending in shot of a hedge; a sign, reading 'Command Group', is shown, leaning on a hedge; a man walks through an open gate, leading to 'Air Formation Signals...

• AIR FORMATION SIGNALS [Allocated Title]

  (film) Made by: Hodges, Ken (Production individual) 1944-03-08

  Shots of a farmhouse (to be converted into a signals HQ) and of a jeep arriving. An airman (sergeant) is shown phoning (surrounded by cables). The sergeant enters a camouflaged tent (two takes) - close-up of signs reading 'Signal Office', 'Teleprinter...

• HEAVY BOMBER ATTACK ON ENEMY POSITIONS SOUTH OF CAUMONT [Allocated Title]

  (film) Made by: Hodges, Ken (Production individual) 1944-07-30

  Film of AA gun, under camouflage netting, with ammunition boxes, the boxes are stacked up in piles. Ground to air footage of three Lancasters, flying above the clouds. Panoramic shots of the countryside, followed by film of Lancasters flying above the...

• SEQUENCES FOR PRODUCTION 'X' (CONTINUATION OF 'GRIPPERS CROSS' SEQUENCE) [Allocated Title]

  (film) Made by: Baylis, Peter (Production individual) 1944-08-08

  Traffic jam at "Gripper's Cross" (cf ACB 108, 109); American trucks move forward slowly; various signs read "half mile Main [arrow]", "Five miles Rear [arrow]", "TAF - 84 Group Rear H.Q.", "Convalescent Depot", "Recovery Vehicles", "RASC Airfreight...

• AIR FORMATION SIGNALS [Allocated Title]

  (film) Made by: Baylis, Peter (Production individual) 1944-08-08

  Shots of a line of male telegraph operators, sitting at a switchboard (with earphones) consulting notes; two operators make telephone connections with jack plugs (close-up, filmed from behind); an operator speaks into a microphone (he is the supervisor...

• AIR FORMATION SIGNALS [Allocated Title]

  (film) Made by: Hodges, Ken (Production individual) 1944-08-09

  Shot of a telegraph pole, emphasising insulators at the top; film of various telegraph poles, some with twisted wires between then. A soldier walks past in the foreground.