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1951 British land and air exercise
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2:24Now PlayingDate: 12th March 1951
Location: Unspecified
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
Gaumont British Ident
SLATE INFORMATION: An Army Out of the Skies
ENGLAND:
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AEROPLANES R.A.F.etc Airborne Troops get into Hastings ..Good Shots Taking Off in air with Flying Box Cars..Interior shots..men jumping and coming down..landing also heavy equipment dropped..U.N. Observers
HASTINGS (HANDLEY-PAGE) Airborne Troops get into ...good shots taking off...in Air w Flying Box Cars...interior shots ...men jumping & coming down landing also heavy equipment dropped... U.N. OBSERVERS
MILITARY BRITISH British Parachute Training School watched by U.N. Observers Airborne troops get into planes. Hastings and Box Cars. Dropping also heavy equipment ..Good landing etc.
PARACHUTES British Parachute Training School demonstration before U.N. Observers..Go aboard Hastings..T/O. Shots in air with Flying Box Cars..Interior shots planes..Observers watch..Good Shots jumping,, descending ...Heavy equipment comes down and lands
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