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Go to HomepageReel Number: 220441-03
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1944
Country: England,United Kingdom,USA
Location: Washington Hall, Chorley, Lancashire
TC Begins: 08:27:45
TC Ends: 08:37:00
Duration: 00:09:15
NOTE: For ordering information see: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1944, England: USAAF 127th Replacement Battalion Rotation To USA Titles. 08:28:02 Formations of planes over; air to air of bombers w/ flak bursts around. CU Pilots, gunners etc looking out window & views of bombs dropping away (good). Explosions. Returning to land. 08:29:09 General Eisenhower / Ike shaking hands. Bus of men going for relaxation; checked at Washington Hall, 127th Replacement Battalion signs. Men off bus, load bags in back of army truck. CU sign: New Arrivals Report To Rear Door. 08:29:59 Colonel Gail & staff pose. 08:30:23 MCU Sgt Maj. Holloway, Colonel William A. Gail’s right hand man. Roll call. CU sign: S2. Intelligence & security checking out men, papers & photos, maps etc. Mess. 08:31:45 Sign: Special Service Office. Men getting tennis rackets, dice, baseball bat. Playing volleyball; boxing punching bag, on gymnastic rings; baseball game. Touring in group to sites w/ guides; bombed sites in England. 08:33:30 Sign: Red Cross Aeroclub. Given snacks & Coca Cola bottles. 08:33:50 Men salute lowering of USA flag. 08:34:16 Loudspeakers. Men run to bulletin board, announcement for home. Jackets w/ missions. Chaplain speaking, good CUs of listening. 08:35:14 Pay officer / Captain changes money / converts currencies to dollars. 08:35:28 Men walking; helmets w/ numbers for destination. Railroad station & leaving by train passenger cars, waving from railroad cars. 08:36:37 Colonel Gail waves goodbye. CU of wheels. Aerial of Statue of Liberty. The End. WW2; USAAF Airmen Rotation From England to US For R&R; Rest and Recreation; NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate. NOTE: For ordering information see: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk