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1944 DEFENCE: World War 2: Churchill and Eisenhower review US Paratroops
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1:48Now PlayingDate: 30th March 1944
Location: ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
LV parachutes in air.
GV mass parachutists descending.
SV paratroops landing.
GV mass paratroops landing behind smoke screen.
SV parachutes and supplies descending, two paratroops being tangled up together as they land.
GV landing behind smokescreen.
SV parachutists landing on ground.
AV showing five planes flying over country.
CU propeller in f.g.
LAV BV showing 13 planes flying over country.
SV paratroops pushing out equipment.
CU supplies hitting ground.
SV plane over camera - parachutes descending.
SBV American officers on dais - parachutes landing in b.g.
GV military officers and men watching descent of parachutes. SCU parachutists type in tin helmet.
SCU Mr Churchill speaking.
CU angle Mr churchill speaking.
Military - Active; Personalities - Politicians; Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), Americans; General Eisenhower: World War II (Second World War; WWII)
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