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1941 Rudolf Hess's plane crashes in Scotland
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2:10Now PlayingDate: 19th May 1941
Location: Scotland
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Further Views on the Topic of Rudolf Hess
SCOTLAND: Dungavel:
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AEROPLANES GERMAN M. E. 110 wreckage used by Hess
DUNGAVIL CASTLE. (Home of Duke of Hamilton). Hess's objective in Scotland.
HAMILTON DUKE OF Part of above used when Hess arrived
HESS, R. Dungavil Castle Hess objective..hospital..farmhouse..where he landed..his crashed Messerschmidt..ploughman Mc'Leantells of capture..interview with Mc'Lean's Mother..wrecked maternity home in France..
HOSPITALS Hess's Glasgow hospital..bombed maternity home in France (from Lib: when Hess arrives)
Mc'LEAN (Scottish ploughman). Tells how he captured Hess..Mother talks
Personalities - Politicians; Germany; Prisoners of War
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton
rubble, German, Nazi, POW, destruction, Britain, crash, wreckage, David McLean, casualties, WWII, children, World War II, World War Two, Second World War, war, Rudolf Walter Richard Hess, deputy, Messerschmitt Bf 110, Germany, World War 2
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