Rare film footage of 29ers in Cornwall

[Bob Endean]

To see Rare footage of 29ers loading up for Exercise Duck, Jan 1944 in Falmouth & LST,s Loading on Trebah Hard on 1st June 1944. Visit > www.limelighthd.tv <. Regards Bob

[Gordon]

Bob -- that's a great find. The six Trebah sequences are here (http://www.limelighthd.tv/VideoclipsWWII/Display640x480/Menu_SouthCoast.html). Excellent footage -- wonder if my Dad is in them ;-)). -- Gordon

[Bob Endean]

Thought you would like that . A real Gem, With ref to Trebah Hard Loading Clips spot L.V.T under cammo net on left side of beach . Thats first record of a sighting in Cornwall of that type of Vehicle!
The Clip of 8th Field Hospital Tented Camp was taken at Polwheel, Truro they were stationed there from 7th Dec 43 to 25th April 44.
Camp " C " was between Truro to blackwater.
Dodge truck turning left , " 2 MP,s 1 US & 1 Brit in middle of road filmed coming from Camp " C " into Truro , behind MP,s is Truro old Grammer School, now a Supermarket.
Regards Bob.

[Gordon]

Just watched the LVT footage again -- fascinating. And you really see the tremendous logistics that went into the cross-Channel attack. Trebah has changed a bit since then (lot prettier now, especially in the spring), but the landscape is still the same. I plan to contact Limelight and see if I can get a DVD.
Any other little gems in your vault?
Also, it would be nice to try to get this forum up and running again. Any thoughts on that?
Best -- Gordon

[Bob]

Time to update this Topic with a link to Footage of 1944 Falmouth with 5 Clips of Loading for D-Day , Trebah Hard. Also many other sites such as Plymouth , Dartmouth , Weymouth , United Kingdom which has mixed in Clips of 29ers, Cornwall Marshalling areas or Loading Hards. The link is > www. Critical past.com <. Bob.

[Gordon]

Bob -- thanks so much for the link. I'll search for Falmouth and see what comes up. BTW, I was just at Trebah with my brother -- they've done a really great job in presenting the 29th there.
Best -- Gordon