USA - Exercise Flashburn

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1300A

Date Released

6 May 1954

Date submitted

May 1954

Date submitted

3 May 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Queen Mother at Bif
2. 2Greece - Earthquake Ravages
3. 3Soccer - Cup Winners
4. 4Boxing - Cohen V Francis
5. 5USA - Exercise Flashburn
6. 6Australia - Anzac Day
7. 7Royal Tour - Uganda to Tobruk

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Usa - Exercise Flashburn. DESCRIPTION: American Army units just held big manoeuvres at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, a feature of the exercise was that, theoretically, weapons with atomic war heads were being used. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Troops out of landing craft. Shots of troops landing. Artillery with Atomic warheads. Various paratroop droops, masses of same floating to earth, very good. Squadrons (dozens) of helicopters approach, land & infantry alight, run across ground, through smoke screen etc.

Keywords

Environment; Weapons; Aviation; Military; Nuclear energy

Locations

North Carolina; Fort Bragg

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

60921

Credits:

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

80

Story extras:

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