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1942 USA / DEFENCE: World War II: Churchill sees mass paratroop exercise
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1:18Now PlayingDate: 6th July 1942
Location: FORT JACKSON, S. CAROLINA, U.S.A.
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
USA: South Carolina: Fort Jackson:
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Various Winston Churchill MP (Prime Minister), smoking cigar, inspecting American paratroops
LOW ANGLE three planes carrying troops dropping paratroopers
LOW ANGLE parachutists dropping PAN three planes dropping more paratroopers
LOW ANGLE plane dropping parachutists
LOW ANGLE parachutists landing
LOW ANGLE Churchill climbs on to platform to watch paratroopers doing physical training with rifles
LOW ANGLE between ranks of soldiers showing Churchill in background standing on platform
Close up PAN down from panama hat to Churchill
Personalities - Politicians; Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), United States of America; Airforce - Active; Aviation; Military - Active; Ceremonies - Miscellaneous;
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