Learning on ScreenBritish Paratroops Raid France
Series
- Series Name
- Pathe Gazette
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 2
- Summary
- Preparation for the raid on a radiolocation post in Le Havre. No pictures of the actual raid but shots of the commandos on board ship climbing into landing craft which leave for the raid. Meanwhile paratroops were also being dropped on the objective (film only of the paratroops at their training station). Actual shots of the Le Havre raiders returning to the ships, looking tired and some wounded, a few German prisoners were also taken. The leader of the planes that dropped the paratroops Wing Commander Pickard talks with his men, after the raid.
- Keywords
- Prisoners of war; Navy; Casualties; Military
- Locations
- United Kingdom
- Length of story (in feet)
- 319
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