The Noose Tightens (Mix to )
Series
- Series Name
- British Paramount News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- War advances towards German soil. Enemy faces dreaded fact as Allies battle victoriously on all fronts. Latest Normandy pictures show British and American advance along 100 mile front. French military court sentences two spies to hard labour for life. Members of Caen resistance movement sing Marseillaise as Tricolor is hoisted in city. SQUEEZE IN ITALY French troops capture Siena, part of campaign which pins down large enemy forces. LUFTWAFFE FADES OUT Coastal Command incident shows extent of Allied air mastery. Beaufighters attack German convoy off Frisian Islands. THE HUG OF THE BEAR Latest pictures from eastern front! Red Army sweeps on towards East Prussia, driving enemy from Tarnopol, prelude to triumphant summer campaign.
- Keywords
- Music and dance; Aviation; War damage; Occupied territories; Crime; Military; Newsreels
- Length of story (in feet)
- 887
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Production Documents
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Film Archive
- Name
- Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
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- Web
- http://reuters.screenocean.com/
- Phone
- +44(0)1954 262052
- Address
- 124 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2TX - Notes
- British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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