Gazette Special - Shells Across the Channel

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

40/69

Date Released

26 Aug 1940

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Eyes of the Night!
2. 2A Challenge
3. 3Junk Heap for Junkers
4. 4Where the RAF Have Struck
5. 5Gazette Special - Shells Across the Channel

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

Allied merchant ships steaming through the Channel are shelled from German guns on the French coast. Destroyer escorts steam amongst the merchant ships laying a smoke screen.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Aviation; Navy; Military

Locations

English Channel

Length of story (in feet)

324

Story extras:

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