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8th Air Force Returns Field to RAF
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1946Item number (ISN):21654Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATIONAccession:1980-0199Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1946Production company:Fox Movietone NewsDescription:Newsreel story about the last march past at Honnington, Suffolk, one of the Royal Air Force stations used by the U.S. 8th Air Force. Brigadier General Kiel and Air Marshall Robb were at the saluting base, but they hadn't chosen a very nice day for handing back the field to the RAF.General Kiel's address included tributes to Britain. The ceremonies over, it remained to say the last, personal farewells before the Americans boarded the last U.S. Army Air Force Flying Fortress to leave Britain. Footage shows: men marching to and past camera; more troops marching to and past camera and reviewing stand; officers talking; lowering U.S. flag from flagstaff; raising British flag; American officer shaking hands with British officers; front of plane and plane taxiing past.Language:EnglishOriginal number:57-516Notes:Detailed holdings information: -
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