Greatest Airborne Operations

Series

Series Name

Warwork News

Issue

Issue No.

S15/57

Paramount Issue No.

1416

Date Released

25 Sep 1944

Released by Paramount

25 Sep 1944

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Send Troops Your Books
2. 2The Other Man’s Job: Rockets Give Fighter Planes a New Punch
3. 3Greatest Airborne Operations

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

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 on Dutch soil. "The skill and pluck of airborne forces has considerably shorted the war".

Keywords

Aviation; Military

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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