Commandos Training in Cornwall in World War Two

Using wartime film clips and photographs this video looks at some of the locations in Cornwall that were used to train the Commandos during World War Two. We start with some clips from the 1945 film “Commando - the Story of the Green Beret“ that show the troops arriving at Spean Bridge and Achnacarry for training in the Highlands of Scotland. The action then shifts to St Ives where we see them in the harbour with a range of craft, and landing on and climbing the cliffs on the north Cornish coast nearby. There is also a clip which shows the fate of the Hor Point Chain Home Low radar station due to some well placed satchel bombs. We then view some photographs of beach landings and cliff climbing. We see the instructors and a range of different commando troops, including Polish, at Bosigran. We then move up the north Cornish coast to the Camel Estuary at Padstow where William Henry Merryweather of 12 Commando describes his training in a two man canoe as part of the Special Boat Section. We return to cliff assaul