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1942 DEFENCE: World War 2: Bombing of the Renault Works in Paris
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2:59Now PlayingDate: 24th September 1942
Location: PARIS, FRANCE ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
FRANCE: Paris:
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Renault Works... LIBRARY NO.8355
Name "RENAULT" pan down to workmen at entrance...LIBRARY NO.8355
Workmen along street side of factory...LIBRARY NO.8355
Workmen at the factory entrance...LIBRARY NO.8355
Pan interior of machine shop...LIBRARY NO.8355
Workmen acetylene welding...LIBRARY NO.8355
Worker taking steel section out of press...LIBRARY NO.8355
Angle shot drilling car body...LIBRARY NO.8355
Line of cars being worked on...LIBRARY NO.8355
Pan cars and factory...LIBRARY NO.8355
OUR BLUE
RAF photographic experts preparing details for raid and looking at photographs / Photographs of target / Airman putting still camera and cine camera into Blenheim plane / Blenheim takes off / AIR VIEW over land and River Seine
*** SOME MUSIC OVER FOLLOWING SHOTS****
AIR VIEW boulevards of Paris and Goodrich tyre factory.
STILL camera tracks into nearer view of target and graphic overlay squares forming numbers 1 and 2
AIR VIEW bomb rack doors open revealing large bomb.
Five bombs falling / explosion and debris falling.
STILL View of target showing big ring forming, dissolve through showing target bombed, small ring forms followed by two squares and big ring, followed by small ring showing effect of blast
View of target showing bomb damage... STILL SHOT
View of target before bombing... STILL SHOT
View of target bombed... STILL SHOT
View of building in target area No.2 square forms round building dissolve through showing building bombed, lines showing effect of blast...)STILL SHOT
Shot showing building before bombing... STILL SHOT
Shot showing building after bombing... STILL SHOT
*** MUSIC ENDS ***
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