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Greatest Airborne Operations

Date released

25 Sep 1944

Series name

Warwork News

Issue no

S15/57; Paramount Issue No.: 1416

NoS ID

156733

Story no

3 / 3

Establishment of First Allied Airborne Army. Aim: to invade Holland. Gliders become airborne. 98% land on Dutch soil. Nazis are completely surprised. The Dutch people watch as paratroopers approach and land...

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Unternehmen Kreta (1941 Film)

aka: Operation Crete

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A campaign film on the invasion of Crete. Because the loss of life was so heavy on this occasion Hitler never again used airborne troops for a major invasion. This newsreel gives a completely different...

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Counter Attack Stops Rebel Offensive

Date released

4 Feb 1952

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2184

NoS ID

043498

Story no

2 / 7

Airborne forces turn flank of Viet Minh drive towards Hanoi.

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Allies Drive into Germany

Date released

25 Sep 1944

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1416

NoS ID

039299

Story no

2 / 4

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

British advance at great speed through Holland to link up with airborne forces, while Americans carry Siegfried Line by frontal assault.

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Churchill Unveils Abbey Memorial

Date released

27 May 1948

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1799

NoS ID

041068

Story no

3 / 6

War-time Prime Minister unveils memorial to volunteers of Submarine Service, Commandos and Airborne Forces.

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Battle of France - Mix To

Date released

24 Aug 1944

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1407

NoS ID

039271

Story no

1 / 2

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Montgomery destroys the Nazis at Falaise. With Paris rising behind them, Patton’s men sweep on across the Seine. Falaise trap opens the road to Paris. Paris rises as American armies thrust across the...

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Inside Germany

Date released

25 Jun 1945

Series name

War Pictorial News

Issue no

216

NoS ID

156419

Story no

1 / 3

Berlin. Horse-drawn column moves to supply Russian occupation forces. Unter den Linden - sign in the dust. Red flag flies over the husk of the Reichstag. Red soldiers are stationed at the once famous Hotel...

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Big Picture, The (2008)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 235 minutes), £19.99

The Cold War of the 1950s resulted in many US television programmes produced by government and industry to promote their own interests. The longest running and best received of these was the U.S. Army’s...

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