A Harbour Goes To France
A Harbour Goes To France
Clip: 533969_1_1
Year Shot: 1943
(Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1987
Original Film: HSC 122
HD: N/A
Location: Europe & Canada
Timecode: 01:02:21 - 01:03:01
From the British Ministry of Information. This is a film about an engineering feat put about by the British army: before and during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944, Allied forces built a series of floating causeways and bridges in the English Channel, creating a man-made harbor (code named 'mulberry'). MS of Winston Churchill seated and working at a desk. CU of a special memo on his desk written in 1942 expressing need to build harbor. LSs Harbor being built along coastline, nice shot w/blimp hovering is seen. Establishing view of Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City, Quebec. MS of Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt talking at Conference.