| Description | The file includes: cover letters to Frewin from Boeing regarding the supply of film footage, photographs and drawings of planes and an attached memo from Frewin to Kubrick about the use of footage and a page of notes on planes, 1983-1985; cover letter to Frewin with a polaroid of a M31C and M25 mount for guns and polaroid's of cradle gun assembly with drawings, supplied by Steen Armament Research, 1985; cover letter to Frewin and stock list for NJ Darley, Military Vehicle Manuals Collector, 1984; memos from Frewin to Kubrick and Phil Hobbs [Co-producer] regarding supplies of vehicles etc, 1985 and letters to Frewin from vehicle suppliers and catalogues of equipment, 1984; details of tree growers in the Netherlands, 1984, palm tree growers and plant suppliers in Spain, 1984, a memo from Frewin to Kubrick, 12 Nov 1984, rejecting the use of polyester plants with attached meeting notes, 3 Nov 1984, between Frewin and Dr Dransfield of Kew Gardens and a thank you note from Dransfield to Kubrick, 5 Jan 1985, and information on Beauty Plastic Factory [manufacturer of plastic plants], Kowloon and information on importing goods from Hong Kong 1984; a memo from Frewin to Kubrick, 18 Dec 1984 regarding Gustav Hasford's [author of The Short-timers, on which the film was based] accommodation; a memo from Frewin to Kubrick, 23 Jan 1985, regarding retired senior army officers; annotated map of Beckton Gas works, Jul 1984; helicopter research pages [including drawings] and letters to Frewin from experts such as Bristow Helicopters and a memo from Frewin to Kubrick, 16 May 1983, regarding radio-controlled helicopters; Vietnamese typefaces; letter from Frewin to Michael Hoadley, 15 Apr 1985, with attached mock-up for Hoadley to make-up; a letter to Frewin from The British Red Cross, 17 Apr 1985, regarding; copies of aerial shots of Beckton, 1981-5; information on Charleston, South Carolina [Parris Island is in South Carolina], 1983; correspondence with Frewin regarding the supply of bunk beds, together with a plan and brochures, 1985; research on and a memo to Kubrick from Frewin regarding Marine Core tents, 1985; and a letter to Mr Tri, Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books, The British Library, from Frewin, 22 Feb 1895, asking for assistance in researching 1960's Vietnamese adverts.
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