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Video showing SEN-013 clip from Ken Senar's film.   SIGN: "Officers Mess".   This sequence shows officers' weekend relaxation.   The Mess was a large building but there was no accommodation in it.   Officers lived in rooms in separate blocks.   The old Luftwaffe blocks (mostly allocated to Flight Lieutenants and above) had pergolas covered with wisteria on the sides flanking the Mess lawns, these can be seen.   The new, starker looking, blocks were equally as comfortable although a little farther away.   All the area was cut out of dense pine forest which harboured thousands of mosquitoes.   Insects apart, it was a beautiful setting and protected from strong winds by the trees.   The sequence shows:   Exterior front of the Mess building, panning to the main entrance.   Old accommodation blocks at rear on either side of the lawns and tennis courts.   A group, including Fg.Off.s Dennis Tann (dark haired Gunnery Officer, now deceased), and 'Ginger' Friend relaxing on the ante-room patio.   In the background are the tennis courts being put to good use.   Glimpses of Dennis Tann's kitten.   Flt.Lt. 'Johnny' Horrell (with sweat band) leaves the tennis court after a game.

There is no sound with this clip.   This clip runs for 1 min 21 secs.

(Thanks to Ken Senar for original film.)
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