Hi all, I've had a look searching for all the expected words and couldn't find anything to suggest this had been talked about before. I plumped for this forum too, but if anyone thinks it should be elsewhere, feel free to move it. Anyway, whilst searching for something else entirely on IWM's lamentably bad collections search, I rather surprisingly happened over 20 minutes of colour footage from Operation Neptune. There's a breakdown of the various scenes on my twitter account here, and the full video is found here. Another tweeter has suggested that some of it may have been filmed from HMS Aristocrat, acting HQ ship for Force Mulberry, which would make sense. The officer in command of LCPSY 177 is almost certainly Lt Glen RN, who took part in the covert surveys before D-Day and surveyed off Arromanches immediately afterward to prepare for Mulberry. LCPSY 177 by Spitfires of the Sea posted Dec 29, 2018 at 5:06 PM HDML 1001 by Spitfires of the Sea posted Dec 29, 2018 at 5:06 PM
At 2:59 on the second reel, the troops have the insignia of a blue cross on a red shield. When I googled that I came up with "21AG line of communication troops"?
badge, formation, 21st Army Group GHQ and Lines of Communication Troops & British Troops in France.. TD
Hi, Some of the film was shot on Aristocrat. The original film was mentioned here. 90th (City of London) Field Regiment Will see if I can find the ATB article. Regards Danny
The AVRE sequences have been picked apart in much detail here: http://ww2talk.com/index.php?thread...oop-80-assault-squadron-royal-engineers.59424 Edit: Oops, that's Reel 1...