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1944 Allied armaments massed for invasion
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2:05Now PlayingDate: 4th May 1944
Location: ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: ARMAMENTS MASSED FOR INVASION
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GV mass of 30 mm Bofor guns lined up.
Travel shot past 6 pounder field guns lined up. SV British soldier spraying field gun with paint to prevent rust. GV British soldiers spraying guns with paint. CU fly wheel air compressor. Angle shot British soldier spraying field guns. GV mass of army lorries lined up in woods. LV ditto. GV army lorries
GV bomb dump of 500 pdrs. and American troops loading bombs into trucks. CU two American soldiers fixing crane onto bombs. LV bombs in f.g. and loading bombs onto truck. GV sheep passing bomb dumps. SV sheep running past bomb dump. GV mass of Corsairs lined up on drome. Nearer shot Corsairs lined up. GV U.S. Thunderbolts lined up. FV pan ditto. GV line of Mustangs. Angle shot Mustangs lined up. wing of Mustang in f.g. Shot shadow of prop. turning on ground pan up to prop. of Mustang turning. GV mass of U.S. tanks and equipment lined up, gun in f.g. Travelshot past U.S. tanks and lorries lined up. GV U.S. tanks lined up, pan to another lot. Travel shot past U.S. tanks, half-track vehicles and armoured cars. GV pan mass of U.S. vehicles lined up.
Munitions and Armaments; World War II; Second World War
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