PEEP BEHIND THE SCENES (Version 1) [Main Title]

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Film on the special manufacturing work carried out by Southern Railway workshops for the war effort.

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Reel 1 (744 ft):Bomb damage scenes. Refitting coaches for hospital trains. Reconditioning a 1914-18 8-inch howitzer. Manufacturing 2-pounder guns and 2-inch rocket launchers. SR Home Guard manning Bofors gun. Supplies to Russia - building sections of railway wagons for assembly at destination.

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Reel 2 (763 ft): Fitting out mobile workshops for army. Ramp wagons, bridgelayer tanks. Arrival of US locomotives for modification. Building invasion craft etc - assault boats, power boats, landing craft (LCPs etc).

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Reel 3 (778 ft): Construction and transportation of landing craft (LCMs). Aerial torpedo tail fin manufacture. Entertainments at factory canteen. Bridging pontoons.

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Reel 4 (602 ft): Glider manufacture (Horsa) - testing wood, making tail units, fitting skin and spars etc.

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Category: Film
Related period: Second World War (content)
Creator: Southern Railway Film Unit (Production company)
Sangster, Basil (Production individual)
Arlen, Robert (Production individual)
Watkins, David (Production individual)
Phillips, Frank (Production cast)
Production date: 1946
Place made: GB
Dimensions: whole: Number Of Items/reels/tapes 4
Catalogue number: BTF 118A

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