CIVIL DEFENCE CAMP MILLOM 1959
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Title: CIVIL DEFENCE CAMP MILLOM 1959
Reference number: 9350
Date: 1959
Sound: silent
Original format: 16mm
Colour: col
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 16.27 mins
Description:
Amateur footage of civil defence training exercises on the site of RAF Millom in Cumbria, with soldiers from the Territorial Army.
For other titles in this collection see also refs. 9348, 9349, 9351, 9352 and 9353
Shotlist: [no title] - gvs of civil defence exercises on site of RAF Millom, Cumbria - shots of men being lowered from building to ground on door frame held by ropes - shots of team practising lifting man on stretcher through pipe and through window frame (3.30) gvs football match, officers and men watching from sidelines - pans across training site with ruined buildings and rubble, camp in background, control vehicles - group of soldiers constructing wooden frame, posing for camera - group being instructed in first aid / body handling (6.49) gvs drill on camp parade ground, brass band playing - gvs drill and inspection - gvs senior officer carrying out inspection (8.50) gvs rescue exercises on site - 'Danger Radio Activity' notice - pan across exercise site with fire burning - shots of soldiers reinforcing window frame in building - gvs of exercises using A-frame structure and ladders - pan across camp and exercise areas - shots of stretcher being lowered to ground from building supported by wooden arm - officer being lowered by pulley (12.17) ls aircraft on runway - gvs exercises around site, stretcher being lowered from building by pulley - gvs group of officers in dress uniform and evening dress congregating on grass outside camp, posing for camera (14.02) gvs simulation exercises in camp on rainy day, rescuing survivors, first aid, lowering stretchers from buildings - gvs of exercise site - officers and chaplain pose for camera (16.27)