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  1. The Invasion - Greatest Combined Operation in the World’s History

    Date released
    12 Jun 1944
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    44/47
    NoS ID
    100404
    Story no
    1 / 1
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Bombers over Northern France prior to the landings, bomb marshalling yards in softening up process. Rockets are used to bombard Normandy emplacements and fighters strafe other targets. Gliders and Dakotas in...

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  2. French trawlermen blockade (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Captain Richard Wilks, Second World War veteran, on the action taken by French trawlermen in blocking off Channel ports to incoming passenger ferries and how he moved the Sealink ferry Hengist...

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  3. Newsrevue (1984)

    Genre
    Special

    LBC’s Newsrevue satirical radio show with a cast including Rory Bremner (others not identified). Includes sketches on the miners strike; new neighbourhood watch scheme; criticism of USA for the CIA’s...

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  4. Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Boulogne is Freed

    Date released
    28 Sep 1944
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    799A
    NoS ID
    013230
    Story no
    2 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Boulogne Is Freed. DESCRIPTION: Heavy artillery firing from the Dover area bombarded the French channel ports. It was Canadian troops which captured Boulogne for the Allies, thus...

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