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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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