Portreath in 1944
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- Опубликовано: 23 фев 2024
- A brief look at Portreath filmed in September 1944 with shots of Smuggler's Cottage at Bassett's Cove taken from the cinematic release The Rake's Progress which had its UK premiere in December 1945. The film was re-edited and released in the USA as Notorious Gentleman in 1946.
There have been suggestions General de Gaulle's family stayed at Smugglers in the early years of the war. If you have any detail which can confirm or deny such rumours please leave a comment.
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Really good 👍
Amazing
Not shown in that film are some socket holes at the top of the footpath that goes down to the harbour from the lower part of the hill.Opposite the public footpath up the hill.Have you seen those?
If you are talking about the pathway down from Lighthouse Hill behind Harbour Terrace then yes I have.
Do you have any footage of scorrier by any chance?
No, sorry can't help you there. I am not aware of Scorrier appearing in any wartime M of I films, newsreels or feature films. If anyone knows different do let me know.
I’m very sorry for bothering you but might you have any of st Agnes or parish
No again, I am afraid. I would like to think in some military archive somewhere there must be film of Camp Cameron, the AA gunnery school but I've never seen any. Rest assured if I find any I'll post it on RUclips.
Thank you
Had they removed all the beach defences by 1944?
The scaffolding had been taken down, apart from the bits that were uncovered by storms about 10 years ago! The anti-tank wall around the other end of the beach was still there. You can still find a couple of sections of it in the car park on the stream side. The vertical rail slots on the slipway at Smugglers were still there in 2012. See my video Invasion at Portreath for more detail ruclips.net/video/2Tmblkac4Vc/видео.htmlsi=_nJHqM2lMflSza3C