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1942 CYPRUS / DEFENCE: Cyprus Pioneer Corps.
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1:09Now PlayingDate: 1st January 1942
Location: CYPRUS
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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CYPRUS:
LV to SCU Men running out of billets on hearing alarm wearing tin hats and carrying rifles. SV Towards and past, Troops running.
SV Troops lined up with bayonets.
CU Soldier in tin hat and with gun.
SBV Platoon marching off to castle position in battle order, arms at slung position.
LV Troops entering old City Castle proceeding to battle station.
LV Sentry standing on top of battlement.
SV Relieving of sections by marching down slope showing Old city archway.
SV Officer blowing whistle.
SV Troops running past man with gun and up slope.
LV Soldiers manning tommy gunn or rear of battlement, one with field glasses.
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