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1940 AT SEA: 'CHURCHILL' LEADS IN FIRST US DESTROYERS First US destroyers reach England.
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0:50Now PlayingDate: 3rd October 1940
Location: ATLANTIC
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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ATLANTIC:
GV destroyers at sea.
LV destroyers at sea.
SV destroyers at sea.
Side view destroyer.
Nearer side view destroyer - 132 - on side of same.
BV flags flying.
SV signal flags.
LV destroyer.
CU number - 132 - on bows.
SV British naval officers inspecting from quay.
SV destroyers moored. SV crews on guns. LV crews at guns. GV destroyers moored.
Navy - Active; Ships and Boats; International Aid (Civilian), Great Britain
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