Red Banner

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1585
Date Released
19 Oct 1959
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Segrave Trophy
  2. 2River Racing
  3. 3A Fabulous Phantom
  4. 4London V New York
  5. 5Red Banner
  6. 6UN Trailer

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Exercise Red Banner. DESCRIPTION: Our pictures show a flash on an air-delivered assault by a brigade formation, an incident during a five-day tactical air mobility exercise, called Red Banner. Over three thousand troops were involved here on Salisbury Plain. One of Movietone’s cameramen got a bird’s-eye view of the proceedings. SHOTLIST: TS paratroopers touch down (key). LS paratroopers jump from plane. LS mass parachute descent. LS paratroopers touch down. LS paratroopers jumping. LS paratroopers reach ground. Jeep being parachuted. Same touches down. MS troops handling field gun. Closer same. BS gun being towed away. CU soldier using spanner. MS troops handling field gun. Aerial shot ‘Exercise’ (5). Aerial shot - troops ‘move in’. LS explosion behind bridge. MS armed troops drop to ‘prone position’. MS bren gun being fired. MS armed soldier running. CU bren gunner. CU soldier in prone position. BS bren gunner. CU soldier with pistol. Soldier with rifle. Plane in distance. Soldier with automatic. Soldier with radio. BS bren gunner. MS soldier in prone position. MS bren gunner. Soldier with rifle. Low angle - soldiers advancing.
Keywords
Vehicles; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; Explosions; Military
Locations
Wiltshire; England
Card file number
78336
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
John Davies
Camera
Len Waldorf
Length of story (in feet)
147
Story extras:
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