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8th Air Force Returns Field to RAF

Item number (ISN):

21654

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1946

Item number (ISN):

21654

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION

Accession:

1980-0199

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1946

Production company:

Fox Movietone News

Description:

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:

English

Original number:

57-516

Notes:

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1. Subject description is from British Movietone News Editorial Dope Sheet, annotated with the date 1946-04-03. The handwritten title is 8th Air Force Return Field To RAF and title at the top of the description is Honnington Handed Back.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

28669

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-4654

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

30608

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8109-0214

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-4654

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

30610

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8109-0217

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8109-0214

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

30612

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8109-0220

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

8109-0214

Status:

MASTER
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