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1940 Free French forces prepare to fight Germany from exile, the Home Guard is formed,
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2:28Now PlayingDate: 15th August 1940
Location: Germany
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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An English overview of the French Navy's liberation, the war's movement east and the formation of the Home Guard includes air combat, planes crashing into sea, soldiers guarding beach, acres of wrecked German planes
BONNETT, Sydney Filming the War 1940
CAMERAS & cameramen Bonnet..Turner filming
CANNON, Mr Peter Filming the War 1940
GEMMELL JIMMY Filming the war 1940
HAWKINS EDWARD Filming the War 1940
MARTIN CHARLES Filming the War 1940
TURNER JOHN Filming the War 1940
WALKER Syd enters cinema to see first year of war film
WAR Review of for 1940 with Syd Walker ... Inc Defeat of Poland ... Battle of the River Plate ... Battle of Narvik ... Mr Churchill takes over .. Fall of Holland Leopold capitulates .. Italy enters war .. Epic of Dunkirk ... Capitulation of France ... R.A.F. smashes Luftwaffe ... Cameramen: Jimmy Gemmell, Edward Hawkins Peter Cannon, John Turner, Syd Bonnett, & Charles Martin
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