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WWII - 1943, England: Assembly Operations of 6x6 Trucks, US Assembly Plant, Ashchurch, 04Nov43

Reel Number: 220984-11

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1943,1940s

Country: England,United Kingdom,USA

Location: ashchurch,GLOUCESTERSHIRE,Tewksebury

TC Begins: 20:10:50

TC Ends: 20:17:55

Duration: 00:07:05

WWII - 1943, England: Assembly Operations of 6x6 Trucks, US Assembly Plant, Ashchurch, 04Nov43 CUs INT army mechanics complete trucks on production line. 20:11:30 Construction of wooden truck beds in jigs, attached to truck frame. 20:12:59 Soldier fills radiator & gasoline aka petrol tank. Soldier in cab starts & checks gears. Truck rolls past camera. Another moves up fitted w/ hood, tarp over back. MS truck out of warehouse, soldier checking finished vehicles & writing numbers on clipboard, checks time; CU wristwatch; 5:55pm. 20:14:43 MCU soldier checks watch, writes on clipboard. LS truck out of building. 20:14:56 Two sizes of trucks parked beside crates. 20:15:17 Convoy / column of completed trucks leave warehouse gates; trucks along country roads; POV. 20:16:28 Convoy enters gateway; MS checked by soldier w/ clipboard. 20:17:14 POV past line of new trucks parked diagonally under trees w/ US white star symbol on bumper. WW2; D-Day Preparations; Assembling; Army Trucks; 1940s;

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