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Oxford At War: Footage from Mount Farm Airbase

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Oxford on Film: From Attic to Archive
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World War Two arrives in Oxford in this episode, using never before seen Oxford footage from a US Flight Surgeon for the 14th Photo Reconnaissance Unit at Mount Farm Airbase, Dorchester. Includes colour and monochrome film from 1944.
World War Two arrives in Oxford in this episode, in which William Lorton – producer and director of the short documentary, ‘Spitfire 944’ – talks about the 16mm footage that his great-uncle, James R. Savage, filmed during his time as a Flight Surgeon for the 14th Photo Reconnaissance Unit at Mount Farm Airbase in Oxfordshire. This film includes never before seen colour and black and white 16mm film of Oxford during the war.

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Series
Oxford on Film: From Attic to Archive
People
Peter Robinson
Hannah Lucas
Keywords
oxford
Oxfordshire
film
film studies
heritage
social history
World War Two
Department: IT Services
Date Added: 03/10/2014
Duration: 00:07:31

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