1944 UK: World War 2: Eisenhower, Tedder and Montgomery inspect American troops

Date: 2nd March 1944

Location: ENGLAND

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

SLATE INFORMATION: INVASION PREPARED

ENGLAND:

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GTV troops lined up and invasion chiefs arriving at H.Q. SV Dwight D. Eisenhower (Supreme Allied Commander) talking to American soldiers followed by General Montgomery. SCU Eisenhower talking to soldier.GV U.S. troops marching to U.S. army depot stores.

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GV showing cases of food stacked up. Shot on top of cases showing men stacking. Low Angle shot cases stacked up. GV showing men lowering cases on to rail trucks.

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SV showing men lowering cases on to rail trucks. SV pan cases down rollers into truck. LV loading boxes into truck. SV loading boxes into truck.

GV convoy U.S. army trucks lined up outside depot. SCU Travel shot past army trucks. GV American Army cars lined up outside depot. Travel shot past army cars. GV Jeep cars lined up.SV Jeepcars lined up. GV invasion chiefs standing in American half-track vehicles. SV Eisenhower, Arthur Tedder (Senior British Air Force Commander) and Montgomery standing in half-track vehicle. SCU Eisenhower, Tedder and Montgomery standing in half-track vehicle. GV American tanks lined up firing. Angle shot Montgomery watching. GV Eisenhower and Tedder watching tank being pulled into tank transport. SBV Eisenhower and Tedder watching tank being pulled into tank transport. GV tank on tank transport. SV press photographers. SV Montgomery, Eisenhower and Tedder standing beside tank. GV bursts round target. SV Eisenhower looking through glasses. SV firing new type of machine gun, on tank. SV Eisenhower and Montgomery standing at side of tank. CU firing new type of machine gun on tank. GV crowd of pressmen and others round Montgomery standing beside American armoured vehicles. SV Montgomery with American officer. GV mass of planes in formation and parachutists dropping. GV pan mass of parachutists dropping. SV pan Montgomery, Tedder and Eisenhower. Full CU Eisenhower. Full CU Tedder. Full CU Montgomery. LV Montgomery with U.S. officer by tank. SV Montgomery by tank with U.S. officer. SCU angle shot Eisenhower and Tedder. SV U.S. officer pointing to board.

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