My video on abandoned UK airfields is just a few days from completion!

Thanks for watching gents! Thanks for recognizing my efforts. The airfields in Scotland have been renamed accordingly (thank you Google Earth!)
@ horrocks Yes, the big contractors were Laing and W&C French and Wimpy. Surprisingly, when I contacted these companies, they were unable to supply any photos from the 1940's.

horrocks;75355 wrote:

A number of airfields were built by US Army Engineer (Aviation) Battalions. They went on to construct temporary fields, and repair damaged extant fields, in Europe after the invasion. There are a plethora of unit histories. I believe I am correct in stating that more UK airfields were built by Brit civil engineering contractors such as Laing and W&C French.

I very much enjoyed the video, perhaps more an audio-visual presentation than documentary film. If I may critique I found some many of the visuals vanished before I had a chance to properly see, let alone absorb them, and I found the repetition of overlaid images a little frustrating too, as one was trying to very rapidly process two images rather than just one. Some of the excellent film footage of the construction was very curtailed too. I guess there was a time constraint. If you will forgive me, I am also not at all sure about the synthesised electronic rendition of Erie Satie's piece. It seems a little out of place and intrusive. And one point regarding a photo - I might be completely mistaken, but at 2:38 there is a shot of a truck that looks like a 1950s Commer.

Some beautiful photographs in there though, and superb footage.

Thanks for recognizing the beautiful photographs and superb footage
Yes, it is a creative audio-visual clip. Certainly not meant to grasp every image.
Watch and enjoy. If people remember 2 points for the reason we live as we do today (as you well know), I'm happy.

1. Abandoned airfields must be recognized for their historical significance
2. Recognition for the individuals involved in airfield construction

To work and edit within the defined span of the music is the toughest part of this hobby. The audio portion of video editing comes down to personal choice. You only have to visit the Video Editing forums to appreciate this. The regular piano version by Eric Satie did not have enough depth and the tempo was too slow for the video. The current version provided a faster tempo and more body. I worked with hundreds of photos and dozens of video clips. All photos and videos (especially the older ones) were thoroughly edited to improve clarity. If there is a 1950's Commer truck in there (before I was born), then the source archives had it wrong!

Thanks for watching and cheers!

All points thoroughly appreciated Doering. I share your fascination for the haunted, abandoned nature of many of these places, and with the extraordinary human and engineering effort that went into creating, what, around 80 or more of them, in such a short space of time. I too look foward to seeing more in the future.

Hey gents,
I just thought I'd give you a quick update. The video has been viewed nearly 1000 times already. Glad to acknowledge the Airfield Research Group/Airfield Information Exchange up first on the credits.
PS: Thanks horrocks!

I've just watched it, yes it's very good, well done. No-doubt be watching again....

I can't get it to work - I see it frame by frame so it's very slow & I stopped it after 2 mins.....also I couldn't see where to put the password....
Terry.

Gypsymoth;75711 wrote:

I can't get it to work - I see it frame by frame so it's very slow & I stopped it after 2 mins.....also I couldn't see where to put the password....
Terry.

Hi Terry,
No password required now. If it is slow, it may be your bandwidth available. It will probably be slow if you do not have high speed internet. Just a guess.