Operation Flat Earth

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

450

Date Released

11 Aug 1963

Date recorded

5 Jul 1963

Length of issue (in feet)

681

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Chalk Badges
2. 2Stork Mother
3. 3Operation Flat Earth
4. 4Mexican Aquabatics

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

Pathe synopsis: Operation Flat Earth was the title of the army exercise aimed at levelling the wild and rugged Salisbury Plain and makes an airstrip just as fast as tough training makes possible. Speed, frantic speed, called for a massive air-drop of bulldozers, tractors, rollers - every scrap of equipment required. And down came those great, billowing parachutes - an air show of blossom-white silk to speed a fantastic job.

Keywords

Vehicles; Military

Locations

Wiltshire; England; Salisbury Plain

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Richard Norton

Length of story (in feet)

257

Story extras:

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