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1944 DEFENCE: World War 2: American soldiers unveil hidden weaponry in Britain
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2:13Now PlayingDate: 8th May 1944
Location: ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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GV pan mass of material at assembly dump.
LV men on tall pile of barbed wire.
GTV railway wagons in siding.
LV U.S. soldiers unloading railway wagon.
LTV U.S. soldiers unloading boxes on roller conveyance.
SCU U.S. soldiers unloading boxes on roller conveyance.
LV pan nissen huts used for storing - jeep and U.S. soldiers in picture.
LV black soldiers stacking cases in hut.
LTV mass of cases stored in hut.
GV deer in open field amongst parked vehicles.
LV packed lorries.
GV deer running past parked vehicles.
GV parked Dukys-trees in b-d.
GV guns parked in open field.-trees in b-d.
SV U.S. soldiers putting covers on guns.
GV A.A. guns in field.
LV showing A.A, gun being manipulated by U.S. soldiers - trees in b-d.
Shot past camera tank carriers and two motor cycles along road carrying tanks - trees and houses in b-d.
GV planes on lorries moving off from depot.
LV lorries with planes moving along road past camera.
GBV lorries with planes moving along road.
LV lorry with petrol tanks arriving at dump.
SV U.S. men put wing petrol tank on pile of others.
LV mass of belly petrol tanks stacked-U.S. soldier checking.
LV line of (B.25) Mitchells being tested.
LV line of (P.38) Lightnings.
LV line of Fortresses.
SV line of Fortresses.
GV mass of Buffalo fighters parked.
SV mass of Buffalo fighters parked.
GV mass of Buffalo fighters parked.
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