Special!! Invasion

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

163

Date Released

6 Jun 1944

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Special!! Invasion
2. 1Middle East News
3. 2Pacific
4. 3News from England
5. 4Russia

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

Allied bombing of Northern France. Smashing German coastal defences. Aerial shots of the bombing of German lines of communication. Weapons and supplies pour ashore on the beaches. Shots of the chiefs of the venture - Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, General Montgomery, General Eisenhower and Mr Churchill.

Keywords

Aviation; Military

Credits:

Commentator

Rex Keating

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

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