RAF and WAAF personnel queueing for refreshments at the NAAFI break van at RAF Iver Heath, Pinewood Studios

Date:
1942 - 1943
Location:
RAF Iver Heath, Iver, Buckinghamshire
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Pinewood Studios, Iver, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire
Reference:
CHP01/07/01/152
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

Pinewood Studios - or RAF Iver Heath - was used as the base during the Second World War for the Royal Air Force Film Production Unit, the Crown Film Unit, and the Army Film and Photographic Unit. The studios were used to produce both films advocating the role of the armed forces in the war, and documentary films, recording the progress of the war.

Dorothy 'Knicky' Chapman was posted to Pinewood Studios to serve as a WAAF with the RAF's Film Production Unit, working in the Stills Department. This photograph is one of a set compiled by Chapman, which document her time at Pinewood Studios. It is not clear which of the photographs in the set were taken by Chapman.

The photograph shows Ethel 'Hoppy' Hopkins, John Morris, Len Reeve, Jimmy Green, and Johnny Jay, amongst others.

Content

This is part of the Volume: CHP01/07/01 Photograph Album Compiled by Knicky Chapman; within the Series: CHP01/07 Women's Auxiliary Air Force Second World War Photographs; within the Collection: CHP01 Knicky Chapman Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Second World War Film Studio, Military, Second World War, Food And Drink